jpdb beta

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

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board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle

1

level ground; plain; flatland

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stingy; cheap; very frugal

1

one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

bag of rice

1

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

1

safety; security

1

to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

risky; dangerous; insecure

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unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

such; like that; in that way

1

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1

with a thud

2

that's so, isn't it

1

fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

1

to drag in; to pull in

1

expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by

1

going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

1

to go downhill; to go down a slope

1

very bottom; rock bottom

3

rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan

2

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

2

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

1

staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

2

to decide; to determine

1

level; standard; water level

1

depreciation; decline; fall; slump

1

to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

remarkable; striking; obvious

2

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

2

intimacy; friendship

1

affection; love

1

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

3

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

1

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

1

back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)

1

in this case

3

character

2

suffocation; choking; asphyxia

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

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