jpdb beta

preface; introduction; preamble

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bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

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straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

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lily

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(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

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several seconds

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feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

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to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

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to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

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conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

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rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

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prize; award; reward

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to move forward; to move on

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heavily; profoundly

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cloth bag

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dozens; scores of; decades

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

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to rest one's chin in one's hands

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meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

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to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

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(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel

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to grasp tightly

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to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

1

bow (salute, greeting)

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manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

without permission; without notice

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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easily

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qualifications; requirements; capabilities

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where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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bisque

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naming; christening

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cold dish (e.g. at a restaurant)

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shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce

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pasta

2

field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

3

salad

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saviour; savior; messiah

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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accessories used for bathing; garment used while bathing

2

loafing; indolent; lazy; hey

2

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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the scruff or nape of the neck

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

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