jpdb beta

reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

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to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

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building up one's body; building up one's muscles; making oneself stronger; bodybuilding

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effective; successful

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application; request; petition

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Guinness Book of Records

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to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast

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outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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to become better; to improve

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dust

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product; produce; result; fruit

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to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

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creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

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to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

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to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

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Dogon

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rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

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to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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awaken

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damage

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

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whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

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to dirty one's hands

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real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

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meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

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satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

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any number of times

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partial destruction

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night sky

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to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

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these guys; these fellows

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

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to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age

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it may be because

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embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

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the second time

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ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)

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