jpdb beta

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

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truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

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to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

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ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

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favorable review; favourable review

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evildoers being rampant and roaming at will

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lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

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zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh

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to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

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point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

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not worth considering; out of the question

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account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream

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make no progress; remain unsettled

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some; small amount of

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conscience

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healthy; sound; wholesome

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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cane; walking stick; staff; wand

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upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

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fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

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to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict

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intervention

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distant

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

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both; (not) either

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specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill

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top of the head; crown of the head

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affectation; pretension

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stroke of sword

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gun

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eardrum; tympanic membrane

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heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

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on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

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halfway point

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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block (of wood); chip; splinter

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to fly around; to scatter

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to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside

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interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

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belch; eructation; burp

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moment; brief space of time

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slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

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jump; leap; skip; bound

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orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course

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