jpdb beta

altar

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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

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soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

1

to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss

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to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

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rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

2

subordinate person

3

capital stock

1

jump; leap; skip; bound

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anyone can see that; it's obvious that

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to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

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slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

1

return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)

1

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net

1

disclosure; exposure; revelation

1

circumstantial evidence

1

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

1

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

1

to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable

1

to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)

1

means; method

1

tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge

1

to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

1

to get hungry; to become hungry

1

to flare up; to fly into a rage

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

1

firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

we; us

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making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

2

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

1

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

1

spot cash; cash payment; immediate payment (in cash); cash down

1

promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU

6

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

1

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

2

to sell over to

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theatrical

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lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point

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to shed tears

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