jpdb beta

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

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lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

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homeless person; vagabond; tramp

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remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

2

monger; peddling

1

cheap lodging house

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to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

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blanket

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(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

1

a period of two days

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poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

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acquaintance

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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antipathy; reluctance; resistance

1

compromise; giving in

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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

2

word; vocabulary

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

3

scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

8

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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facing; opposite; across the street; other side

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

7

to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it

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what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

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big bargain sale

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the times

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to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

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school; sect; party

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

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in good health; alive and well; going strong

2

rebel army

6

going into battle; departure for the front

7

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

2

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

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to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

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marriageable age; chance of marriage

1

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

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world; society; people; the public

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sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

2

main street

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to scan; to look over

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indicate reason; infers some protest

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to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold

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people

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to have an idea; to have a clue

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having in mind; happening to know of; idea

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