jpdb beta

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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mind and body

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grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something

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blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

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image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

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deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

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sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

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to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

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poetic

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expression; presentation; representation; notation

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to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

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Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)

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to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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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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careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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long distance; long haul

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to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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perfection; flawlessness

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ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

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to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

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person

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adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

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failure; mistake; blunder

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something like ...; something called ...

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heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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tremor; fluctuation

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

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how long; how much; to what extent

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

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anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

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enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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