jpdb beta

in the end; on top of that

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tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

2

cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that

1

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

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philanthropist

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nasal voice

2

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

1

preachy; sanctimonious

1

loser; defeated person; the defeated

1

winner; victor

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in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

2

malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

3

as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still

1

nimble; smart; quick

1

liver

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virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

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to press a question; to cross-examine

2

over-familiar

2

flirting; making out

1

offensive ability

1

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

1

coloured paper; colored paper

2

limit

1

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

1

quite; utterly; really; completely

1

to be exhausted; to be tired out

1

suddenly; all at once; rapidly

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

1

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

5

you; noblewoman; lady

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

1

day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by

1

face

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

2

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

rather than (do ...)

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to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

5

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

1

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

unable to resist; unable to suppress

1

drawing a sword; drawn sword

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to become vulgar; to coarsen

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

1

shooting to death

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to play one's trump card

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