jpdb beta

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent

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to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

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throat; important part; vital area

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blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

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to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness

1

with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of

1

compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane

1

as far as I know

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to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

3

ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

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to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

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function; facility; faculty; feature

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another

1

black; black stone; guilt; guilty person

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well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

1

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

1

armor and helmet

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shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

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false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

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acquaintance

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employment of workers through personal connections; hiring through personal connections; nepotism

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domestic affairs; internal administration

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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in that manner; like that

1

looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

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the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

section; cross section; profile

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beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

to dye; to colour; to color

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(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

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tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

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to wipe off; to wipe up

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flying column; detached force

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to cut off the retreat

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path of retreat

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into

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to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)

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bee; wasp; hornet

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collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict

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