jpdb beta

first; new

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long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

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to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

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to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy

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sword; dagger; knife; bayonet

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user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

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assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job

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retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

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stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

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to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint

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innumerable; countless; numberless

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(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

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to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

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commencing with; including

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to revere as a god; to worship as a god; to deify

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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(political) power; authority; influence

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vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit

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to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

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collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

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to manage a state; to govern a country

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to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

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firearms; missile; projectile weapon

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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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bow and arrow; weapon; arms

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contest; comparison; competition

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manly; masculine; like a man

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to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

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immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)

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court

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to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

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massing (of troops); gathering

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turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

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iron hammer; crushing blow

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to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

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big; large; great

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to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

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confident; assured; self-assured; bullish

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hollow; mid-air; air; sky

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rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

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to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted

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gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

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even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

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synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation

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to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

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