jpdb beta

secret; secrecy

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to let (someone) take hold of your hand

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

4

far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

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nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused

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including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second

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next day

2

takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out; to-go

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hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole

1

note; memo; memorandum

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present; gift

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circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money

1

oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

3

amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

2

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute

2

shop manager

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manner; style

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I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...

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having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience

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keep up your strength; chin up!

1

each other; one another

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to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)

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to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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to hoist; to lift up; to (crowd around and) rebuke; to (gang up and) criticize; to reproach severely

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spitting image; dead ringer; exact resemblance

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to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

to press a question; to cross-examine

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to boost; to force up; to push up

2

lens

3

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

2

to shed light; to cast light

4

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

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manly; masculine; like a man

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demand for; request

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

2

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

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buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking

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stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight

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it may be because

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to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

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with a start; with a jump

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