jpdb beta

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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evening; night; nighttime

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ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

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to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

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opinion; view; comment

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certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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like; as if; the same as

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any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

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reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

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to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

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to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

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to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

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to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

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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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I; me

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feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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how; in what way

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

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this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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nothing but; none other than

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fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

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to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

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troubled times; turbulent times

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society; the world; the times

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how; in what way; how about

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to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

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if; in case; supposing

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

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to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

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

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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sisters

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state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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