jpdb beta

to fight each other

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to machine; to cut; to scrape

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cylinder or rod-shaped

2

black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

2

unskilled; not very good at

2

generous; unstinting

2

crosswise

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resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

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sword strike; sword slash

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insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

1

to collide; to clash

6

scale

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blur; (color) bleed; bleeding; running (e.g. of paint)

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load on one's chest

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to be reflected in a mirror

2

going to and fro; back and forth

2

to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)

2

to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)

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integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance

1

disorder; chaos; confusion

1

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste

1

chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain

3

embers

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motive power; driving force

2

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

1

mortality

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volume (sound)

1

black smoke

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charcoal; charred remains

1

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

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to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

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tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin

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to smash to pieces

2

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

2

text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

2

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

1

small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master

1

to pile up; to accumulate

1

to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins

1

local flavouring

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(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)

1

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

1

backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion

2

unfortunately

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dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake

1

suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly

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to shake off

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gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up

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to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

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