jpdb beta

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

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to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

2

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

France

2

desire; wish; aspiration

2

portrait; likeness

1

painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting

1

to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

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two

2

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

5

precisely because

2

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

1

look; glance; stone (in the game of go)

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

2

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

Narita

2

platform; home; home base; home plate

2

(train) departure bell

1

traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)

1

stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop

2

time; labour; labor

2

separate; respective

2

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

8

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

father; male parent

1

little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do

1

related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

1

original intention; initial resolution

1

to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

2

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

3

appointment

4

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

3

three years

6

ahead; before; ago

4

standing tree; standing timber

2

Sayuri

8

news

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journal; magazine; periodical

1

editor-in-chief

3

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

1

divorce

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four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

1

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

3

half a year; six months

6

feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

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all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern

1

to try all possible means

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