jpdb beta

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...

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temperature

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pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous

2

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

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position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

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to have a reason; to have an excuse

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brutality; animal nature

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rage; fury; exasperation; indignation

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kanji; Chinese character

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sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

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sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

21

grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

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on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side

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point in common; common feature

4

ruin; destruction; fall

2

only recently; just of late

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three-way deadlock

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gesture; charades (game)

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

good grief

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yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

2

fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright

3

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

1

to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.); to one-up (someone); to defeat (in an argument); to score (against someone)

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playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

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victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm

2

oh; yes; huh?; hm?

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some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")

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conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch

1

neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage

2

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

2

feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling

3

main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis

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to distract

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annoying; noisy; strict

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prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela

1

injury; wound

1

lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

1

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

1

to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle

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skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

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wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

3

big man; large man; tall man; giant

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sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position

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to lure; to invite out

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having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose

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