jpdb beta

grandfather; male senior-citizen

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to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

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to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

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to wear out (clothing)

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soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

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

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to fall asleep

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hempen cord; rope

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-off (price reduction)

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pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

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to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

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breathing of a sleeping person

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testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial

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snoring; snore

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way; route

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nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

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pull; patronage; tug; discount

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another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

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Ouch!

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(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)

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paper

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stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

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folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

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disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

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to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip

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two (long cylindrical things)

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palm (of one's hand)

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completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

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trace; vestige; evidence

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difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

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nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

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younger sons

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to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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unavoidable; inevitable

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old age

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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discrimination; insight

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glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

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plan; strategy

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paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage

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originally; by nature; from the start

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adultery; misconduct; intrigue; criminal connection

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to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

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funeral

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formal funeral

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remains; corpse; body

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

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