jpdb beta

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

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banana peel; banana skin

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exaggeration

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imitation; counterfeit; fake; replica

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unconditionally; as a rule

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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; (arch.) second marriage; (arch.) remarriage

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to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

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to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

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to strangle to death

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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strangling (to death); strangulation

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grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming

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effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

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liquid crystal

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blur; blurred; indistinct

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to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

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to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

3

donation; presentation; gift

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"bird-in-the-cage" children's game

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to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

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oiran; highest-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute

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sensual; sexy; voluptuous

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wedded life; married life

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doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)

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principle; theory; fundamental truth

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to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind

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palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

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minimum; minuscule; local minimum

3

cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)

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personal delivery; handing over in person

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balcony; veranda; verandah; porch

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falling to one's death; death from a fall

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outdoor unit (esp. air conditioner condenser)

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to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark

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back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds

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busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

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conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

4

neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)

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sail

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nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)

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used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)

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cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal

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counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.

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pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings

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bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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to be able to manage somehow or other

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to come off; to slip down; to slip off

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