jpdb beta

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

2

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

2

this world; this life; this generation; present day

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marriage

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

to throw into; to toss into

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to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

strong; intense; severe

1

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

1

to writhe (in pain)

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

3

serious; not joking; straight

2

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

to cut at; to slash at

2

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1

edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

1

convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

opposite side; other side

1

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

deep crimson

1

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

3

invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

1

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

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to smash up; to defeat crushingly

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to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out

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to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

1

dragon-head gargoyle; gutter spout

1

to bear; to endure

1

sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

1

to throw into; to dump in together

1

fainting in agony

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to wipe; to dry

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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

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penalty

2

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

1

jumping

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to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

1

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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angry face (countenance)

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uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

1

to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

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