jpdb beta

to burn to a crisp; to scorch

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bare skin; naked skin

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lively motion; throb

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innumerable; countless; numberless

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to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

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black smoke

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to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

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adolescence; youth

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(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific

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putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

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(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle

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mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

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convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit

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pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

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worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

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to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard

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to smile

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change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

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clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

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quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful

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to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

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torturing to death; tormenting to death

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fierce god

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to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

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complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome

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youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

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order; command; directions; instructions

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fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

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to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

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pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

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equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split

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breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

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fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads

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to embrace each other

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spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

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to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low

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objective

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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change; transformation; inversion

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goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

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empty; vacant; hollow

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lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration

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to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone

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

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to mark the end; to spell the end

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