jpdb beta

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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while; during; while; although; all; both

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wicked; evil

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to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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call; appeal

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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ah; oh; hey!

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to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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your husband; her husband

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

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junior high school student; middle school pupil

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to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

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panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

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dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division

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everybody; every last one of them; all

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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then; well; so; be; is

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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

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dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

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weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

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hey; say; look

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master; Your lordship; My lord; husband

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

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shit!; damn!

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refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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hostage

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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fool

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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