jpdb beta

hair on the back of one's head

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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to buy up

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reference book

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small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

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intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

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shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

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to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

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wailing; lamentation

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precisely because

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of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

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to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

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to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

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exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

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to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

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especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

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limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

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to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

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with a clink (click, clack)

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look, look!

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(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)

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huge; big; gargantuan

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borrowing; debt; loan

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favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

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week

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being carried out; being put into practice; in operation

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to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn

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to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

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potato salad

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coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined

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tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

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with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

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opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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fortunately; luckily; thankfully

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in good health; alive and well; going strong

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cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

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thin slice; slicing thin

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carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

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stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs

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hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)

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long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

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boiled egg

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shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

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

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forum; form; shape

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