jpdb beta

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

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to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

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grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

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to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe

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high-pitched; shrill

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very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread

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to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

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hammer

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bowling (esp. tenpin)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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allophone; strange noise

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to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

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to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

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reopening; resumption; restarting

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bill; handbill; flyer; flier; leaflet; poster

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harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

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growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

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endless

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently

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canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos

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to make tea

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being all smiles with joy

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great laughter; burst of laughter

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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miscalculation

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best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most

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the same opinion

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artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

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straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school

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klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

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thud; thump; bang

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nowadays; these days

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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to practice magic; to practise magic

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underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

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fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

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a little bit; a little while

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to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

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a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment

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play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

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to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

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