jpdb beta

straight line

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to open a pathway (to); to find a way (to); to open the door (to); to pave the way (for)

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confrontation; showdown

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support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection

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hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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to become weak

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maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

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meow; miaow

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keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently

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source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison

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spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

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to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

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son of a bitch; piece of shit

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state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

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route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

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this

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to writhe (in agony)

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broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

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departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition

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to monitor closely (for rule-breaking, etc.); to keep a close eye on

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to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

1

shaking; swaying

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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

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one's whole body

2

shin; shank; lower leg

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to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around

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half the body; half length

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to freeze; to refrigerate

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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to throw into

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

3

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

1

dividing into parts

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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offering to a deity or someone's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart

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handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

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fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

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advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)

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rearguard; rear guard; back (player)

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resolute; determined; bold

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gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

3

to prowl after; to keep watch on

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to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)

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