jpdb beta

to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create

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desolate field; withered field

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to dig out; to pick up

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to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)

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without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

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to burrow through; to dig through

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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bronze mirror

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)

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atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

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cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

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one color; one kind

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goodness; good

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certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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to build up a hypothesis

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seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

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loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)

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to rant and rave; to raise hell

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work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)

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both

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grandparents

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bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

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professor; teaching; instruction

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quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

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to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

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(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

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one's subordinate

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honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)

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old man; old geezer

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blooming late; flowering late; late-flowering plant; late-blooming species (of plant); being a late bloomer (of an athlete, author, etc.)

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to hold (a ceremony); to perform

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attendee; participant; person present

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(Shinto) priest

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staff with plaited paper streamers

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ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address

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report to the throne; reporting to the emperor; reporting to the monarch; offering (a prayer) to the deity

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secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum

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small number; few; minority

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tent

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chilly; unpleasantly cold

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wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly

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down jacket; quilted down coat

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to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

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real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

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hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm

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training; drill; practice; discipline

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one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion; (arch.) spring onion

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hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

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mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips

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