jpdb beta

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

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beggar; begging

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gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

3

to chase away; to drive away; to drive out

1

whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

4

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

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you

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all people; everybody; ten thousand people

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

3

outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1

lady; gentleman; person

3

loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

2

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

I can't die and leave things this way

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to ask a question; to ask questions

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

3

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

3

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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martial arts

3

to be

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

4

the whole nation; all the people in the land

1

useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

1

great laughter; burst of laughter

2

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

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however

3

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

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at any rate; anyhow

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to bear; to endure

2

everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes

2

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

1

this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

2

to turn towards; to point

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

5

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

2

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

2

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

1

wind chime; wind bell

1

carrier

1

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

4

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

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to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

to swim

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important; momentous; essential; principal; major

3

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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