jpdb beta

to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive

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to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution

1

public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

1

to make sense; to be meaningful

2

another dimension; different level; whole other level

1

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

1

(garden) balsam (Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not

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to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

2

some; small amount of

3

dummy; dope; idiot; fool

2

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

1

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

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free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating

3

magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)

4

to become empty; to be emptied

3

format; procedure; way of proceeding

2

(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating

1

charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

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licking one's lips (at the sight of appetizing food); licking one's lips (in anticipation); waiting eagerly (for); salivating (e.g. at the thought)

3

to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

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triangle; triangular shape

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(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle

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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 (ritsuryō system)

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Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)

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three minutes

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Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE); Cao Wei; Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE)

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Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)

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Sichuan (province in China); Shu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263); Shu Han; Shu (kingdom in ancient China; ??-316 BCE)

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Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty

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three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China

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imperial throne; the Crown

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Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

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staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

2

distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)

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Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China)

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power struggle

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centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

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playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

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good or bad luck; fortune

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one month

2

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

2

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

1

adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife

1

time of emergency; (in an) emergency

3

history

2

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

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Agatha Christie (English novelist; 1890-1976)

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And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie)

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Shimada Sōji (1948.10-)

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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (1981 novel by Soji Shimada)

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