jpdb beta

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

2

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

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pride; dignity; self-worth

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to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

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last resort

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go for it; heave; ugh

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

1

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

suicide attack; kamikaze attack

1

ultralight; ultralightweight

1

(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

1

expectation; anticipation; forecast

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to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

2

soft landing

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

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to get on; to climb on

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last resort

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countermeasure

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mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

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to cause controversy; to be controversial; to arouse criticism; to raise a storm; to cause a stir

1

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

mother

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nonchalant air; unruffled air

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

3

light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing

1

to gasp in surprise

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injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

1

conduct; behavior; behaviour

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tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

2

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

2

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

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approximately the same

2

pounding (of one's heart); throbbing; thumping; heartily (eating); devouring; munching

1

heart rate; pulse rate

1

firmly; solidly; heartily

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waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day

1

3rd day of the month; three days

4

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

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echo; echo; ultrasound (scan); Echo

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to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

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to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

4

what's what; heads or tails

3

vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net

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of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

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oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

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raison d'être; reason for being

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