jpdb beta

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

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to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

1

small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)

1

drama; play; powerful drug

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

1

to stand stock still

1

rose

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ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

night sky

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

1

disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

2

serious; not joking; straight

1

cemetery; graveyard

1

Shinto shrine

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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

1

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

1

white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson

1

shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

1

to grumble about something (trivial)

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

1

prematurely gray hair; prematurely grey hair

2

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

1

resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

1

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

2

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

3

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

2

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

2

satisfactory; decent

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

2

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

heap; pile; stack; full measure

1

plate; dish

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

just because; even if; even though

1

sitting; stability

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

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superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

2

to leave behind

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illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana

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small man

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