jpdb beta

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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calculation; self-interest; selfishness

1

graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate

2

novelist; fiction writer

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

25

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

freshly laundered and starched; fresh and unwrinkled

1

teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado

1

ice cream; icecream

1

diligent student; studious person

1

English(-language) literature; British literature

1

original word; original language

1

indirection; indirectness

1

Suda

2

coming into close contact and being influenced by

1

new car

1

style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

1

to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)

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gold tooth

2

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

2

realism

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distinction; differentiation; classification

2

Karenina

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Moscow (Russia)

2

Vronskii; Vronsky

1

cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness

1

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

2

to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything

2

real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

1

downcast look

1

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

1

when; at what point

2

staying up all night; all-night vigil

1

everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

1

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

book of (trade) secrets; secrets; study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key

2

grinning; smirking

1

to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

1

proof; proof sheet; galley proof

1

stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock

1

dictionary

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dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary

1

quadrilateral; square

1

Bukharin

2

work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

4

historical materialism

2

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

2

slowly; sluggishly

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