jpdb beta

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

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realistic; pragmatic

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physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

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to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

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in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

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to bear; to endure

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to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

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as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

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Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

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penal colony

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crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

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investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

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seedy-looking; thin

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purse; handbag; wallet

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to be profitable; to yield a profit

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1,000; thousand

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

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heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle

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counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

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Hanshichi

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detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

2

assortment; product lineup

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details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

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little by little

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difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

5

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

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to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

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thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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girl friend; girlfriend

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to drag in; to pull in

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second foreign language

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Chinese (language)

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to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

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trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK

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perhaps; maybe; possibly

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

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won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

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autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

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200; two hundred

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eating out; dining out

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sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

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