jpdb beta

malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality

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favor; favour; patronage; support; backing; recommendation

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to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry

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calculation; self-interest; selfishness

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protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.

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to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

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to look down on; to make light of

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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high-handed; overbearing

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

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fiance; fiancee

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engagement; betrothal

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cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

2

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

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coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook

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demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

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bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma

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fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent

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humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun

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serious look (on one's face); straight face

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calamity; misfortune; disaster

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misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

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companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

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unlucky

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obedience; submission; resignation

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to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

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funnel

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huge; gigantic; enormous

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ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

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young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

2

to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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above; more than

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too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

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to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

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shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)

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accomplishment; execution

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myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

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unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

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unexpectedly; surprisingly

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signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

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declaration; statement

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big job; great task

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disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

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servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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