jpdb beta

grandfather; male senior-citizen

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mutation

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ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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occult

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relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

2

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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one year; some time ago

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about this time

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ahem

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first dream of the year

5

rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

9

white

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springy (texture); doughy; elastic

2

to kill one's enemy (opponent)

1

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

2

pounding mochi

6

hammer

1

standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum

1

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

1

millstone; mortar

6

mallet; pestle; pounder

2

necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials

1

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

2

freshly pounded (rice cake)

1

comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)

1

glutinous rice

2

to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

to stagger; to stumble

1

falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

2

beginner

1

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

1

manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle

1

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

battle

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already; too late

1

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

1

single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern

1

power; might; authority; influence

1

bronze statue

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greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person

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