jpdb beta

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

1

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

1

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

jest; joke; funny story

1

that is to say; so that means

1

to paint (draw) a picture

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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place name; toponym

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-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

6

(one's) life

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in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

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indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

1

knowledge; information

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fortune; luck

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pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading

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if it's the case

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small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

1

Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

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senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

1

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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loveable; very likeable; like very much

2

last year

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

3

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

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)

1

to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do

1

here; with this

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to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

1

innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

1

(giving) instruction; initiation

1

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

2

time; hour; period; class

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

only; nothing but

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

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short time

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how long; how much; to what extent

1