jpdb beta

passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary

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person with whom one is having an illicit love affair; mistress; lover

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

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to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)

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decision; determination

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the very best; utmost

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choice; selection; option

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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted

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doorknob; door knob; door handle

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long journey; long trip

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deep emotion; impression; inspiration

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to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled

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certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

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baby; infant

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oral; verbal; spoken; parol

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what's what; heads or tails

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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client; requester

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to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

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playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

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to understand; to make out

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aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

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monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

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as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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share; portion; quota; cut

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bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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lovesickness

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even though it is not; despite not

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to be at a loss for words

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins

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imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness

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to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)

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to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

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to rest one's chin in one's hands

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to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

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complete stranger; total stranger

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anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

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refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

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handbag; purse

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form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font

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to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)

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elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

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several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees

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