jpdb beta

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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rival; competition

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

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perfect; complete

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

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distance; range

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to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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next; following; subsequent; stage; station

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first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative

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linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction

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lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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same meaning; synonymy

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yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

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sledgehammer

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unexpected; surprising

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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gasp; pant

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trickery; (arch.) fiasco; (arch.) disobedience

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form; shape; figure; visage

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at times; occasionally

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evasion; avoidance

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a bit more; a bit longer

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measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

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all; entire; whole; altogether

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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difference; variation; difference

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clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

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

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spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

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to give; to do (something) for

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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