jpdb beta

(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking

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folding fan

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to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

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to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

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mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)

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made of steel

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to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

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shade of a rock

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calming down; quieting down

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to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal

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to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle

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straight line; beeline

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seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

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(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar

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probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

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bullying; teasing

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truancy; school non-attendance

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to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)

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to train; to discipline; to teach manners

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farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists

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fields (of rice and other crops)

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garage

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Italy

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three-piece suit

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moustache; mustache

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bowler hat

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plump

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Fox-Eyed Man (major suspect in the Glico Morinaga extortion case)

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

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desolate; dreary; bleak

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white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium

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from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

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tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

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rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

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friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship

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secret

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establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

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spy; secret agent

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inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

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from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

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to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

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self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

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the same meaning

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to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape

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morning sun; sunrise

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retiring from military service

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pill; lozenge; tablet

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cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

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