jpdb beta

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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ten; 10

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all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

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rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

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one by one; each; every; at intervals of

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to increase; to grow

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trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

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strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)

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limit; bound

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art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

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to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

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skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

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goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

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odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

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definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

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a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

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father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

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to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

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god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)

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to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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father; dad; husband; you; he

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ancient Shinto music and dancing

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

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fire; flame; blaze

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work; job; labor; work

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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dancing; dance

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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prayer; supplication

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mother; wife

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frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

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snow; snowfall

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long time; long interval; for quite some time

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