jpdb beta

sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

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beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

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spread of fire

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to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate

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cave-in (in a mine or tunnel); roof collapse; rockfall

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worst; worst-case (scenario)

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cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

2

lower limbs; legs

2

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

6

to be of no importance

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ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick

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indescribable

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asking oneself

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finally; after; following; at the end (of)

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repentance; confession; penitence

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

4

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

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hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome

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abyss; ravine

3

self-consciousness

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evil omen

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dozens; scores of; decades

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out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location

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restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

3

war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle

2

looks; features; (personal) appearance

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to hurt; to smart; to sting

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root; source; origin; cause

3

unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

2

smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell

2

meow; miaow

3

conflagration; fire

4

twelve o'clock; midnight; noon

2

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

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age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)

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mad scientist

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punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)

2

predation; eating prey; preying upon

4

room for argument

2

sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement

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putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

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one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

2

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

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pressure

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to take the initiative

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structural

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closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

2

to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)

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