jpdb beta

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome

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sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

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to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

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to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

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savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

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in person; personally; directly

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to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry

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to learn; to study; to take lessons in

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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rare; uncommon; not often seen

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practice; practising; training; study

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detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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that sort of; like that

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick

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to twine around

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tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

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connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

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roaring thunder; loud thunder; thunderclap

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to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

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to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up

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(turned out) all right in the end

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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Shouseki

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coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery

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dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest

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person of culture; cultured person

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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like that; so

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well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)

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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place

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abstraction

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

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modesty; humility; being humble

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to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe

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participant; entrant; player; competitor

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dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)

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small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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set one's teeth on edge

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aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

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