jpdb beta

adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

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refusing food

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one cause; one reason; one factor

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small stature

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presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

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sensual love; love affair

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putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion

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early morning

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charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

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quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil

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covert action; covert operations

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to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

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to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large

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rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)

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summit (of a mountain)

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road approaching a shrine

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rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

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big man; large man; tall man; giant

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I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

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muscular; strong-muscled

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hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

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Zen priest

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vestment; priest's robe

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tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)

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scalp

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disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

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whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

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Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism

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the greatest of the day

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monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

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to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage

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one's younger days; when one was young

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to yield; to give way to; to make way for

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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one's own army; one's own team

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match declared drawn due to injury

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a little bit; a little while

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it seems that; as if

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to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

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retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

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completely; not at all

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(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

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

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pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!

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myriad; countless things

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You'll pay for this!; You'd better keep your mouth shut!

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retainer; retinue; servant

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damned; cursed; accursed

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to threaten; to terrify; to frighten

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warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

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