jpdb beta

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

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to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

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to participate in (as a member); to get involved in

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awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

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troupe; theatrical company

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member

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script; libretto; scenario

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

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a word or two

2

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

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to rust; to become rusty

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gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

1

with a heavy clank

1

to begin to turn

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lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator

1

you

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truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

2

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

3

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

5

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

1

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

3

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

2

(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

2

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

1

general mobilization; full mobilization

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just one person; only one

3

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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Oh well; yeah; good; OK

3

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

3

another time; some other time

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safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

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actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

2

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

3

release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

1

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

2

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

2

to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

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numerical formula

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to come back

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slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)

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I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

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red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing

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