jpdb beta

tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

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jest; joke; funny story

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courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

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brave; heroic; gallant

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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throat; singing voice

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bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

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to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry

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clearing one's throat; cough

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to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

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aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

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single word; a few words; brief comment

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actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

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to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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court (of law); courtroom

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rare

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eye-witness; witness

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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besides; in addition; also; moreover

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(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

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strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

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Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

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he; she; that guy

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to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

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to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

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parting; separation; farewell

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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(one's) life

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absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

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to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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excuse; explanation

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limit; bound

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patrol car

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conviction; belief; confidence

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due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

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alcohol; sake

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nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

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appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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rolling by hand (e.g. sushi roll, cigarette); winding by hand (e.g. watch); hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped); windup watch; mechanical watch

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