jpdb beta

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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father and child; father and son; father and daughter

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heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

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to unfold; to unroll; to open

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solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness

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efficiency

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both parties; both sides

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winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations

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the very thing; itself

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side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose

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family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child

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intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

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candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

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to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

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cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

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participant; entrant; player; competitor

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breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

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to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam

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man; male; masculine gender

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)

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smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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overlooking; letting a good ball go by

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provisional; temporary; tentative; interim

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advantage; benefit; profit; interest

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from the viewpoint of; according to

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one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol

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prize-winner

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five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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conspiracy; collusion

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sound; sure; safe; steady; firm

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tactics; strategy

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to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

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sincerity; good faith

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

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to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through

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value; worth; merit

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inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart

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tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō

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to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely

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