jpdb beta

that's right

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not yet known; unknown; strange

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter

1

court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute

1

capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp

1

to keep a watchful eye on

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recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

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of course; certainly; naturally

2

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

1

one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire

1

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

1

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

2

abduction

1

human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person

1

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

1

having in mind; happening to know of; idea

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

1

coming home from school

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do

1

abundant harvest; bumper crop

1

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

1

to be kind to; to treat kindly

2

trivial; trifling

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

1

sophistry; sophism

1

classmate

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of course; certainly; naturally

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touch; being involved in

2

thank you; thanks

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

1

flash of lightning; urgent telegram; express telegraph

3

intelligence

3

improvement in image (of someone or something); improving one's image

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(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

1

project

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downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

4

sudden peal of thunder; thunderclap

4

attack; charge; raid

1

grave; serious; alarming

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to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing

1