jpdb beta

one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity

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touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card

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few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient

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accurate; correct; precise; exact

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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next; following; subsequent; stage; station

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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banknote; bill; note; paper money

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to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

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

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(some) more; even more; longer; further

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to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project

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nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

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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)

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feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

1

village

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concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works

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arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round

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sent card (comp. karuta); card sent to one's opponent

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that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

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early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

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friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

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to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

2

straight line

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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then; well; so; well then

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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

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Hiroshi

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winning percentage

1

second place

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hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood

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Harada

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(not) even once; (not) ever

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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last night; yesterday evening

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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winter

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university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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meaning; called; said

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Meijin-sen (annual professional shogi title match); Meijin-sen (annual professional go tournament); Meijin-sen (annual competitive karuta title match)

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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