jpdb beta

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

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nowhere

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mad laughter; maniacal laughter

2

chrysalis; pupa

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skin and bones

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to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

3

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

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seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

1

parasite

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parasitism

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nuclear weapon

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getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

1

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

5

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

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malice; malicious intent; intent to kill

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to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge

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stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

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irreplaceable

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as much as one can; as much as possible

1

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

gentle; mild; meek; tender

1

to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions

1

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

11

direct descent; direct line

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to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

1

bluff

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

6

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

2

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness

1

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

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body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

2

fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

2

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

2

whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke

11

form; shape; figure; morph

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

7

trial; test; try

2

blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith

2

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

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junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

1

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

2

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

2

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

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in; at; for

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