jpdb beta

war of words

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gauge

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to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

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war; battle; hostilities

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waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

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descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)

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to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)

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standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

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blow; shock; strike; batting

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faint; swoon

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demanding; difficult; strict

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no trouble; easy; simple

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absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

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remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

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(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey

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young girl

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insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

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Venn

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we; us; I; me

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to avenge oneself

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risky; dangerous; insecure

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memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir

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black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

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to unsheathe

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to draw a sword

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weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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rear guard

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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one-to-one; one-on-one

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to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

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younger; junior

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about

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to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

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leaving everything up to someone else

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flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative

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width of a road

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head-on collision

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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vertical; perpendicular

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alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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water current

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

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building

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to go along; to walk along; to follow

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