jpdb beta

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

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completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour

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normal; usual; ordinary; everyday

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preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

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to cross swords (with)

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being unable to live up to one's position; being unworthy of one's rank; being overawed by someone's high rank; being intimidated; being outranked

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riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

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dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest

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shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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for the time to be ripe; for the moment to have come; for the situation to be ready for action

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part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

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of no use; useless; not fit for purpose

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to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around

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to pause; to have a short intermission

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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armpit; axilla

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eyesight; vision; visual acuity

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to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)

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unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied

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feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection

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small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

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to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

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water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons

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end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death

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emergency fix; tentative measure; temporary solution

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

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to hide oneself

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to expel; to drive out

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

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short pause; short interval

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

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ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

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as one; together

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engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin

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surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

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perception; intuition; the sixth sense

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closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

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beast; brute; animal

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hunter; huntsman

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group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

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to turn one's back to

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one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate

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sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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to suit; to match; to become; to be like

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counterattack

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resistance

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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