jpdb beta

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ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant

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to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

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foreign country

2

picture book

3

business discussion; negotiation

1

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

2

striking; remarkable; considerable

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

3

(once) again

1

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

1

treatment (esp. hair treatment)

1

to smell sweet; to be fragrant

1

in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

1

clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom

5

shaking violently

2

ancient times; prehistoric times

6

to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources

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wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery

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gyūhi; soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour, somewhat similar to Turkish delight

2

smooth (of hair, skin, etc.); glassy; silky; glossy

2

joint

5

tendon

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

2

featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth

1

to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled

3

haltingly; stutteringly

1

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

2

to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way

1

weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

2

glasswork

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other; another; over; more than; I; me

8

immediate reply

2

isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case

1

danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety

1

southern hemisphere

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penguin

1

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

1

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

2

to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

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thousand-year period

1

otherwise; or else; if not

6

short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)

2

grammatical

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high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)

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hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation

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dizzyingly

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equilateral triangle; regular triangle

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inscription; being inscribed

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