jpdb beta

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

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amber (colour, color)

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coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined

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to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

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phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

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stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece

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definition

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brightness; splendour; splendor

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

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origin; beginning; source

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saliva; spit; spittle

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chrysalis; pupa

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leader; guide; mentor; coach

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handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover

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reserve; modesty; hesitation; abhorrence; repugnance; loathing

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judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

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20 years old

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around ...; or so

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Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

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Japanese clothes

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intimidating air; sense of intimidation

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charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

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dispute; argument; contention

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longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

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(full) name; family name and given name

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etiquette; manners

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to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

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national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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various foreign countries; several foreign countries

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very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)

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point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection

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to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit

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to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

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founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

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stochastic; probabilistic

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previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation

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to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase

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to give; to do (something) for

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host; landlord; innkeeper

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

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to show in; to usher in

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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substitution; replacement; shifting; change

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old woman; hag; old bag

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