jpdb beta

to let one's guard down

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the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes

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you could say that; that might be so

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bedside; near one's pillow

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spider

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throughput; processing power

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puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

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fantasy

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praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

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incubation; hatching

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hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

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in high spirits; excited; energetic

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to order; to command; to appoint

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from now on; hereafter

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to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)

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to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness

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insecticide; pesticide

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experiment; experimentation

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retirement; resignation

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finding employment; getting a job

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to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle

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upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

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to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

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of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

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firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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above; more than

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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tingling; stinging; pungently

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expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

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slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

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another; different; something else

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longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

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light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight

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footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement

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to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

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to care for someone; to look after someone

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement

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one's emotional state; one's mood; human interest; kindness; simple-heartedness

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

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(innocent) mind of a child; childish mind

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one by one; in detail; minutely

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to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace

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to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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