jpdb beta

definite; certain; decided; fixed; settled

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opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

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to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to

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artistic instinct

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rigor mortis

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24 hours; twenty-four hours

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various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)

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a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

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plus-minus

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

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

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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utility value

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(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings

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joint

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operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release

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loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

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to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress

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dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role

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conviction; belief; confidence

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stability; steadiness; consistency; stable

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

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to lean against; to set against

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second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division

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hop; hopping; jumping on one foot

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step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

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two times; twice; two degrees

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a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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any number of times

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to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

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ideally; if one were to wish for more

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next day

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

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to sit down; to take a seat

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reading aloud; recitation

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Ooe Kenzaburō (1935-)

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small animal

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cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

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dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

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to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

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details; particulars

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to become (a state, condition, etc.)

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