jpdb beta

in many cases

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inverse proportion

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tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

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face; looks; features

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carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length

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courteous laughter; forced laughter

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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Fire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)

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target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

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holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

4

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

2

(a) bit; (a) trifle

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number one

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to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

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having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

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to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

2

the direction of the wind; circumstances

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tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

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ebb and flow

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fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

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to fall in love

4

hood; kerchief

2

sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

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hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person

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kite

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spittoon

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candy fashioned in human and animal forms

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to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

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three days and three nights

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to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy

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to insist on one's own ideas

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rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals

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Shakespeare, William

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brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

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any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...

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to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

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to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

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molars; back teeth

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crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated

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midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

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egoistic; selfish; self-willed

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large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi

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large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi

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to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

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net; netting; web

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

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Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

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intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

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