jpdb beta

pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation

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controlled demolition of buildings, etc. using explosives; explosive demolition

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earth and stones

2

spinning top

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gyration

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ruby; Jonathan apple; (arch.) glowing skin; (arch.) beautiful looks

1

expectation; anticipation; forecast

3

to get between; to be caught in

5

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

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obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

10

lower jaw; mandible

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choker (necklace)

5

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)

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one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

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hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind

2

freshly severed head

3

patient; persevering

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lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person

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in all directions

2

telepathy

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panoramic (view, perspective, etc.); high-level; comprehensive (manner); holistic; broad

2

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

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destruction; annihilation; extermination

3

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

2

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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in case of; at that time; at this time

2

sensible; sensuous; intuitive

2

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

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validity; effectiveness

2

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

3

with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

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halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

3

heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

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wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

3

instinctive; instinctual

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time lag

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two shots

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or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

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hysterical; hysteric

3

to become familiar (to one's ears)

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shachihoko; shachi; mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish; roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

2

to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected

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cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm

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remnants of a defeated army

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happy ending

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poster

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glass; pane

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rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck

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