jpdb beta

winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

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arrow feathers

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column shape; cylinder; columnar

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focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

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to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

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left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

3

restricted; confined; unfree

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to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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to close (one's eyes); to shut

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contradiction; inconsistency

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to search for; to seek for; to look for

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artery

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vein

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unrecoverable; irreversible; irreparable

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to take flight; to disappear

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conspiracy; collusion; complicity

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I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

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snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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as soon as possible

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front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

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wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

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wet through; drenched

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stepwise; one step at a time

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stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

3

damage; injury

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bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

2

secret agreement

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to cultivate; to foster

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feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling

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to hide; to conceal oneself

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deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

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heartbeat

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

1

hit; strike; blow

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tinnitus; ringing in the ears

2

(I am) not sure; (I) can't say which

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for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance

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friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

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to be jumbled together

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to be entwined; to be involved

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

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fine thread

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repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

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to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

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instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

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to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)

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