jpdb beta

incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

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the other day; lately; recently

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dyeing; printing

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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different person; another person; someone else; changed man

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limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth

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great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

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yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

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air of seniority; patronizing attitude of a senior toward a junior

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whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

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to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way

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envy

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business world; business circles; (the) industry

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curiosity; inquisitiveness

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to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)

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attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

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attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

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in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur

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to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread

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thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

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teacher; instructor; professor

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to jump up and down; to hop

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classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

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group (usu. of people)

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A; a

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fundamental principles; main lines; outline; summary; general features

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quiz

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origin; beginning; start

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ahem

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to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

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particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

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secrecy; keeping secret

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counter for questions

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historical graffiti; anonymous satirical graffiti; scrawl; scribble; graffiti

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hook; gab; snare; trap; arm-grabbing force out

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end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect

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some

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to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

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heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

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sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement

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touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card

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indicates emphasis

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B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)

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to be infected; to be contagious

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to let (someone) have the credit (for); (lit.) to let (someone) hold the flowers

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classification; assortment

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total (number); count

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sixty; 60

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group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

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