jpdb beta

festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3

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graduation ceremony; commencement

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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

3

plainly; clearly; vividly

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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position

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dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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neighbourhood; neighborhood

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

5

to parboil; to scald

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in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

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later

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to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

2

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

1

how; in what way; by what means

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saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

4

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

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pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

2

hundred-yen store; 100 yen shop

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to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

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sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

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atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty

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guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

2

melody; tune

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless

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in that manner; like that

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to apologize; to apologise

2

meaningless; pointless

2

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

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saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

1

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

1

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

1

beat; mora

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

2

step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

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lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

3

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

2

disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely

3

a little bit; a little while

3

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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only; merely; but; no more than

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