jpdb beta

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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sports bag

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light brown; tawny

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relay

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baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)

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pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

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tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

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chain; chains

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cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)

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blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

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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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duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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here; with this

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criminal; culprit

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to tear; to rip

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cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

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power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply

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emergency power supply; backup power; emergency power source

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device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

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operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

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one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

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hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

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uneasy

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throbbing (pain); pounding

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to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

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position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

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if it's the case

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friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

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can never be able to

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

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to mumble; to mutter

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to sniffle; to snivel

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

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superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)

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fireworks

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large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)

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explosion; rupture; break off

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plosive sound

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halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

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black smoke

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to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

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transmission of electricity; electricity supply; power supply

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