jpdb beta

young person; youngster; greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

2

drama; play; powerful drug

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China; Chinese food

1

(feeling of) indigestion; upset stomach

1

elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

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(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other

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to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

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to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

3

to refuse; to decline; to deny

2

maintenance; preservation; improvement

3

crescent moon; young moon

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

1

to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow

3

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

1

discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

3

if is not; if are not

2

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

2

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

was

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temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

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street at night; making a night journey

2

if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

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to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage

2

too (much); overly; excessively

3

to visit less often

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

2

to keep balance

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to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)

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to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

in the end; after all is said and done

2

analysis

1

unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

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to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

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to save; to leave over; to spare

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night air; stillness of night; cool evening

2

to grow numb with cold

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to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

1

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

3

to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way

2

feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly

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suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly

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