jpdb beta

to dream (of)

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going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping

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productivity

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domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

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slight intoxication; being tipsy

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

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not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

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to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

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being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

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batting practice facility; batting practice center; batting cage

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sphere; counter for balls

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pitching machine

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strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

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to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

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to have an interest (in)

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

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sampling food; tasting; trying

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salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute

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national costume; (in) native dress

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lottery ticket

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absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

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to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

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major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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close; intimate; on good terms

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war by proxy; proxy war

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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Chinese cooking; Chinese food

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boiled gyoza

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Mango pudding

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declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

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staff room

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short of hands

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(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

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client; requester

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how; in what way; in what manner

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motive power; driving force

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the same opinion

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what would (you) do?; what to do about it

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uneasily; restlessly; erratically

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as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be

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to surround; to encircle; to enclose

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follower

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concern; business

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damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)

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to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on

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