jpdb beta

necessary evil

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staff meeting

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thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

1

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

1

fundamental; basic

1

training (esp. in-service); induction course

1

limit; bound

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

2

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

1

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

1

(feeling of) trust

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

4

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

3

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

4

essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

1

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

2

it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)

1

analects; sayings

1

commercial (on radio, TV, etc.); advertisement; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial

1

big prize; first prize

1

superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining; neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to

1

witty (happy, apt) remark; well-worded saying; epigram; aphorism

1

unique; original; individual; unusual

4

feigning ignorance; feigning naivety; pretense of innocence; person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive; faux-naïf

1

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

2

violation of the constitution

3

Japan

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

2

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

3

critic; reviewer; commentator

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

1

meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)

2

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

1

I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

2

take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

2

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

1

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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