jpdb beta

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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aquarium (building); oceanarium

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peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)

2

glass; pane

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window

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to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

2

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

1

in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

2

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

3

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

open; spacious; extensive

2

grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

3

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

2

Nasukougen

1

plain; moor; prairie

1

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

1

dark gray; slate gray

1

to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

2

undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows

1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press

1

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

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here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

3

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

3

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

3

tornado; hurricane; typhoon

1

cloud

2

express train

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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speed

1

many thousands

2

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

3

poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)

3

tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

2

similar to; like

2

kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

2

diagonal cross; x-shaped cross

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

2

lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

1

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

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moonlight; moonbeam

1

to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

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