jpdb beta

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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disgusting; repulsive

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ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

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call; hail; yell

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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have to do; must; should; ought to

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fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable

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to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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bribe; money under the table

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nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

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bribe; sweetener; douceur

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to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

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late at night; at a late hour

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(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

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honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

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one's family; one's clan

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to besmirch; to sully

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courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

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filthy; dirty (looking); drab

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mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

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selfish; self-centred; egotistical

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

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alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

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prison guard; jailer; gaoler

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to become vulgar; to coarsen

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to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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by itself; automatically; naturally

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to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

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in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

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as if; as though

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koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

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to sit at ease

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prison; jail; gaol

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sunshine; sunlight

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optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

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just; fair; proper; reasonable

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to be

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to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

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