jpdb beta

to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)

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to smile

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to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels

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yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan

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prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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desire for vengeance

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he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

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moral support; emotional support; spiritual support

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custom; habit; customary practice

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to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life

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tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

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acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

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subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling

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straw

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swiftness of foot; fast runner; person of great talent; gifted person

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lightning strike; lightning bolt

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resolved; settled

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to unsheathe

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to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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to sink (into); to get depressed

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query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

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mental condition; state of mind; mentality

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to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business

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maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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stopping just before

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to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

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burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

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to manage something successfully; to be successful

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to survive

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nursing; looking after

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shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

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thank you; thanks

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labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

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to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

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easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax

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getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

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to kneel (in respect); to genuflect

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oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

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state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

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appraiser

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just because; even if; even though

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kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

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to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

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barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear

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way; method; means; resource; course

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important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)

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event; phenomenon; matter

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have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

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