jpdb beta

illustration (e.g. book); picture

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first edition

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black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

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reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush

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to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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to defeat

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to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

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one day; (on) a certain day

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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consecutive defeats; series of defeats

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to encourage; to cheer

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

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treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

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to subsist; to keep on living

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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incurable disease

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never again

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severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

5

dietary restriction

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

3

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

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to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

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sport; sports

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even

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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hero

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to become; to amount to

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to rampage; to run riot

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation

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on the board (shogi, go, etc.)

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older brother; elder brother

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

3

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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rival; competition

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indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

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full

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inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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immediately following

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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repetition of position (in chess, shogi, etc.); repetition draw

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the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

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between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

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correction; rectification; mending; repair

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