jpdb beta

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

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being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

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to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

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intellectual

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to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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(program of) entertainments; special events; exhibitions; amusements; attractions

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leisure time; idle moment

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

1

right to choose; a say; option

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to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

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wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

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to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

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to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

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head; brains; intelligence

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different opinion; objection

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startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

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operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

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match; game; bout; contest

6

spearmanship

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to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

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to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem

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simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

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

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counter for places

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acupuncture treatment

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hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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tit for tat (verbally)

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judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire

5

like; as if; the same as

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to mediate; to intervene

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support; backing; patronage

1

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

1

trust

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

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preliminary test or trial; tryout

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to throw away one's life

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too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

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Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji

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180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)

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interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

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gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

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early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

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to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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himself; he himself

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half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

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