jpdb beta

way of the sword; swordsmanship

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passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification

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not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible

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decisive battle of brief duration

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war of attrition

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delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in

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windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable

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peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

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sword strike; sword slash

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to step firmly (on); to harden by treading

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while; during; performed in this condition

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to fight each other; to clash

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great speed; extreme speed; swiftness

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right foot; right leg

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talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

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overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

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taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

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and so; therefore; for that reason

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to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

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difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

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staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

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to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

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state of mind; mentality; psychology

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accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable

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to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

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widow

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occult

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independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity

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cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation

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to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

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following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

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nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

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in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

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detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison

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medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs; pharmaceuticals; medicine

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toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous

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to limp; to drag one's feet

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one

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to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)

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to be greedy; to devour greedily

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heavy eating

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eating until one is full; eating one's fill; gorging (on); having adequate food; having all one needs (for daily living); plenty

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remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-

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rust

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once more

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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