jpdb beta

series of battles; successive battles

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rest period; intermission; break time; recess

3

to perceive; to understand

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back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

2

renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism

2

modern society

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fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

1

to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope

1

pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus

2

acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

3

to send in

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to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

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in those days

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mica

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stabbing (repeatedly); piercing; (words) cutting to the heart; striking home; loose; sloppy

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

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to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

4

journey; route of a journey

5

jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)

2

moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

5

to storm (a house, castle, etc.); to raid; to attack

2

another name; nickname; alias; synonym

1

promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

3

whereabouts

2

pace; step

1

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

1

to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown

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cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle

4

benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted

5

to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

2

straw

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gluttonous; greedy

1

source of supply

1

to set on fire; to ignite

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one's troops

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path to Hades; passage leading to the underworld; Hades; hell; underworld

1

political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations

1

one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit

1

to hear of; to learn of

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absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer

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to look down on; to condescend

2

big job; great task

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archery range; archery ground; shooting range; firing range; launch site (for rockets, missiles, etc.); position where an archer is standing

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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excavation; digging

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this kind of

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practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space

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