jpdb beta

fact; truth; reality

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reaction; response

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impossible; unlikely; improbable

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guess; conjecture

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not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

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to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

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to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

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party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

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even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

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way (of doing); method

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staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

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to make something bright; to shine; to polish

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all; every

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to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

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trivial; slight

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to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

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it seems that; as if

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pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin

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to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

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seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

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to settle (a dispute)

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to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

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high time; about time

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to rescue from; to help out of; to save

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

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majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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one cause; one reason; one factor

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

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origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

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why yes, thank you

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to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

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possible; likely; probable

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threshold (amount, dose, etc.)

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frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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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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(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

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party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

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to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle

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honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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to be boiled; to be cooked

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steam; vapour; vapor

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to throw at; to turn; to raise

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sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

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