jpdb beta

a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from

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counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

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criminal condemned to death; convict on death row

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one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

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using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

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to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

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tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend

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to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

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pardon; extenuation; borrowing; borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word

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Zeus (Greek god); Xeus

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descendant; scion; lineage

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one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)

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ingenuity; resourcefulness

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Odysseus

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otherwise; or else; if not

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to make a thundering sound; to make roar

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to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend

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The Odyssey (epic poem attributed to Homer)

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Homer (Greek poet)

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thousand years; many years

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

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thunderous roar; roaring sound

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to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

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sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked

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tiny bit

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to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

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showing no sign (of)

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each floor

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going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

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following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after one's lord has died

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programming; programing

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transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

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suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

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deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

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lax; lenient; slow

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dictator; despot

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logic; logical

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being filled with; being full of; permeation

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fire fighting; extinguishing a fire

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smoke (dispersal)

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fire; conflagration

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to step over or across; to overcome

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escape route; evacuation route

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

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to become weak

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direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

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unlocking

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cheer; shout of joy

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each other; one another

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to support each other; to support one another

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