jpdb beta

hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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ptoo (sound of spitting); ptui; ptew; ptooey

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

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sack; carry-all bag

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(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation

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blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

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bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)

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running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)

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skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument

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with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble

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sound of an explosion

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black smoke

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rain cloud

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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enclosure; box; siege

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the more one looks (at it) the more ...

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to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

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infectivity; infectious capacity; transmissibility

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

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return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)

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Sodom and Gomorrah

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sulfur (S); sulphur

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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cut; notch; incision

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stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

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skylight; head

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nock of an arrow; forked tool used for hanging scrolls

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billowy; fluffy; cloudlike; tenderly; amiably; softly

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hoe

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shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing

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to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole

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to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate

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to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

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to make coffee; to brew coffee

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cupboard; sideboard

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turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements

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coffee mill; coffee grinder

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freezer

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getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose

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coupled with; together

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electric water boiler; thermo pot; hot water dispenser

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black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface

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worry; mental agony; heartache

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to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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ego; egoism; egoist

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conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

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