jpdb beta

skill; dexterity; master hand

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal

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exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte

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to cross swords with

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to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

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to shake and untangle; to shake free from

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grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

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(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

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to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

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round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court

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stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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bullet (from a rifle)

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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

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(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

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mass

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dazzling; radiant

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

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pain; agony; bitterness

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to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees

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to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

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smile

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

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embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

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pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

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sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

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party; banquet; feast

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history

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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embers

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dusk; twilight

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brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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space-time

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injury; wound

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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intimidating air; sense of intimidation

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leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

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quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)

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limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

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three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

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theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

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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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magazine (of a firearm)

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