jpdb beta

dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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wonderful; astounding; marvellous

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disintegration; self-destruction

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to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

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first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

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boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

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to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

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awe; fear; dread; fright

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

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great mistake

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ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

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superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman

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going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

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I have nothing to do with it

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

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to say; to speak

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

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to shake; to waver; to tremble

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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pair; the two; both persons; both things

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jostling; crowding

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to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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dark (deep) green

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exchange of blows; long rally

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practice sword used in iaido

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scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

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storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting

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to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

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sky

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devil; imp; evil spirit

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great speed; extreme speed; swiftness

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drawing a sword; drawn sword

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high concentration

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decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

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palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

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reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

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performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move

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difference; variation; difference

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to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

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to pour into (liquids); to pump into

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