jpdb beta

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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to finish dyeing

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to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

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transcribing in musical notation; copying down (a tune)

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nature of one's business; business instinct

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

2

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

2

wisdom; intelligence; intellect

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assertion; confirmation

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different school (e.g. of ikebana)

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punishment; penalty

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after death

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pigeon; dove

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disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

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all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

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intimate; close

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires

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tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble

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nature; Mother Nature

2

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

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all on one's own

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sunlight; rays of the Sun

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to be sweaty

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loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling

1

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

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to sit (down)

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stump; stubble

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

2

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

3

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

2

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

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to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

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to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story

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seventy; 70

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being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

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approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

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detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

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in that way; like that

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ability; skill; facility

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with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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goodness; excellence; virtue

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