jpdb beta

matte (metallurgical)

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the opposite direction; the other way

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soot

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to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

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(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

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trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

2

passenger

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replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

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suited figure; person in a suit

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the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune

1

gun

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cranium; skull

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standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff

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license; permit; licence; certificate

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with one's own hands

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to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear

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pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting

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heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles

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to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

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desperation

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once more

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the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

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person obsessed with thoughts of sex

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shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom

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light (weight)

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

4

obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

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to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush

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old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed

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step; pace; stride

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long and narrow

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right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid

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chocolate cake

5

very; berry; belly

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raspberry

3

puree

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tax excluded; excluding tax

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competition; contest

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

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straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

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beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)

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mood

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to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind

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breach of manners; breach of etiquette

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to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

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to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live

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fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material); piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc.

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