jpdb beta

(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

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charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

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to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on

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labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

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to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

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examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

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recommendation; referral; endorsement

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will not do; do not; does not

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structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

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you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

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to sit for an examination

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date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours

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apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

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to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

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schedule; program; programme; itinerary

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to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

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to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

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eight o'clock

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

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preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

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ceremony; rites

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to feel refreshed; to feel soothed

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full (of a container, vessel, etc.); filled to the brim; packed; filled (with people); full

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single room; own room

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all on one's own

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to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair

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water well

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to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

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bucket; pail

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stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

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rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed

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what time; (lit.) which hour

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to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

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stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

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to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)

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very loud volume; megavolume

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to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

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practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar

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counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty

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to drizzle; to become bleary (of eyes)

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sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

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putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

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sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep

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unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up

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senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

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young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period

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criticism; commentary; review

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going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign

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warm-up exercises

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