jpdb beta

elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

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to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

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manner; style

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stamina; energy

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piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

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to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

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to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

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to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

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while passing each other

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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rapid-fire

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to be the ruin of (a person)

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aim

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

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losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard

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(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut

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grinning; smirking

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in deep black; in jet black

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haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

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to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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of all things (days, etc.)

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to push away; to push aside; to shove

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to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

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calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

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foster parents

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

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to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

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log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

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side of face

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asphalt

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tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

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to rise; to erect; to get up

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cranium; skull

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creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)

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pressure; oppression; suppression

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to incline one's head

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

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charred; burnt black; scorched black

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white smoke

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to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

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thread; yarn; string

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puppet; marionette

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