jpdb beta

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

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to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

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to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

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forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

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to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

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to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)

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duty; obligation

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weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

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to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

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as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

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grave; gravesite; tomb

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to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

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to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

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to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

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stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

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to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

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willpower; energy; vitality

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rather than; more ... than ...

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influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

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cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

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strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

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as stated; verbatim; literally

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mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

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transparent; clear

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question; query

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lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

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to lower one's voice; to speak more softly

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seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection

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as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

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to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding

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one third; a third part

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realistic; pragmatic

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to cut in; to butt in

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without trouble; easily; readily

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spacious; vast; wide

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extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

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to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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site; plot; lot; grounds

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outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...

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royal castle; imperial castle

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sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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thought; idea; ideology

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