jpdb beta

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

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book; volume

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to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

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silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

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destined; predestined; fated; fateful

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to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits

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(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

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to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

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officer

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armed forces; military; troops

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pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

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mutual enemies

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to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court

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courting; wooing; making advances

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love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

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to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)

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final boss

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it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...

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spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness

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holy knight

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

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romantic

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real; actual; true

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true state; actual condition; reality

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comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination

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spoiled; half-rotten; decaying

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political measures; policy

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love affair

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

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and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

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suggestion; hint; implication

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to kill; to beat to death

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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mishearing

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end; close

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to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

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royalty; royal family

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legendary; folkloric; traditional

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one's remaining years

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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sworn friend

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honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

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inevitability of punishment

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to receive divine punishment

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massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

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