jpdb beta

starvation; famine; hunger

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men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

relation; relationship

2

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

1

only; nothing but

2

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

3

red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde

2

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

money

1

to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

1

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

2

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

1

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

1

anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence

1

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

2

woman's handwriting; hiragana

1

letter; missive; note; mail

7

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

oh!; oh?; my!

1

than; from; out of; except; but; more

3

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

1

seal

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

2

(hotel) reception

1

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

1

to throw into; to toss into

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next day; following day

2

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

to increase; to multiply

2

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

3

in the meantime; meanwhile

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time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

1

to pass (of time); to elapse

2

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

1

patience; endurance

1

to do

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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

2

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

1

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

1

to do

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