jpdb beta

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

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several sheets (flat objects)

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to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)

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unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices

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way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

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to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off

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to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

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various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)

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checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

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youth; young man

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end; conclusion

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quiz show

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several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)

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the front; honest; upright; decent

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has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)

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abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium

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to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

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(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

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a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash

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to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

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balcony

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alone; by oneself; on one's own

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eulogy; compliment

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fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

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the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering

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to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)

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to triumph; to be elated with success

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under one's eyes; below one's eyes

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to count; to enumerate

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to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned

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goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)

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start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point

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doughnut; donut

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race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon

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(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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of all things

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leaving everything up to someone else

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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theorem

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typewriter

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to hit repeatedly

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character string

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hamlet

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irrational (line of) argument

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to become better; to improve

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efficiency; moment

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reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless

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coin toss; coin flip; toss of a coin

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keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)

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