jpdb beta

wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

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to become spring-like; to show signs of spring

1

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

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

3

geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

3

cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

1

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest

2

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

4

to fail to be attentive to

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trade; business; occupation; profession; job

2

relation; relationship

2

to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

1

protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister

2

to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce

3

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

1

angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)

1

to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

1

reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience

1

virgin; innocent young woman

2

so and so; such and such

1

to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available

2

to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to

1

lovely; sweet

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

7

to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

1

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

2

tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams

1

nowhere in particular; just out for a bit; (euph. for) toilet break

1

ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck

1

oh, yes?; really?

1

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

2

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

1

back off!; leave me alone!

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

2

to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled

1

to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss

1

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

1

meaning; called; said

2

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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