jpdb beta

to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

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you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem

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to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident

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optician

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vivid; striking

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isolation; being alone; being friendless

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taking the whole day (week, period, etc.) off; being off work (school, etc.) the whole period; suspension of all (transportation) services (e.g. trains, flights)

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student of a women's college; female university student

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attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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fashion

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hair disarranged during sleep; bed hair; habit of moving around in one's sleep; tossing and turning in sleep; sleeping habit (esp. of a child or toddler)

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splitting the bill (usu. evenly); splitting the check; paying one's own expenses; going Dutch

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

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to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

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once in a while; occasionally; at long intervals

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to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

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to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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comment; criticism; critique; review

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perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

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minor offence; minor offense; misdemeanor; misdemeanour

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to grieve over; to mourn; to lament

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to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

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rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

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intervention

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inseparable; indivisible; undetachable

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of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

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coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)

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downer (dispiriting person or thing); killjoy; gloomy feeling; downer (drug; esp. a barbiturate); depressant

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chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things

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good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person

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you; I; me; oneself

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second place

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to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

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in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

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slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

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to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

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youngest child

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sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

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big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity

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vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

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enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

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(audio) recording

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to make tea

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to feel angry; to feel annoyed; to feel offended

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to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)

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side of well

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ochazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it

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development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability

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