jpdb beta

half a lifetime

1

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

regret; repentance

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ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

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until now; so far; up to the present

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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to swell up

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torch

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reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin

1

piece; fragment; one (object)

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

2

not yet known; unknown; strange

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this much; this amount

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to become dim; to become blurred

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be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

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mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control

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stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

lamb

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to believe implicitly; to believe firmly

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

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to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

nickname

3

glass; pane

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expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

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to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

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tee-hee

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

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document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

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illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

3

radio drama

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root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)

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Makiko

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disappointment; despair

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

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blood pledge; oath signed in blood

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order of chivalry; chivalric order

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assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

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leader of a delegation (body, party)

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Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good

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embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)

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all people; everybody; ten thousand people

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clone; kroon (former currency of Estonia)

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil

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