jpdb beta

brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint

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merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

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impulsive; emotional; straightforward; hot-headed; quick-tempered

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extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

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namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar

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end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card

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to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

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ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

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story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse

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unique; original; individual; unusual

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to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

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reference; consultation

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to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of

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when it comes to; concerning

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taking part (in planning); participation

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one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

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fixed content; settled matter; done deal

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messenger

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different opinion; objection

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certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

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statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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sympathy

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to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

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battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff

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distribution; allotment

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call; invitation

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estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition

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to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

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to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root

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13th day of the month; 13 days

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without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to

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waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

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colour of negi shoots in spring

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one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section

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gently (falling)

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present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

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labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

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to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better

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(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

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public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives

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distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed

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discouraged; dispirited; despondent

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stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

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progress; advance; making (good) progress

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risky speculation; big gamble; large bet

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unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation

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