jpdb beta

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

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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

brazier; hibachi

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to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

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pseudo-; quasi-

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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indolence; laziness; sloth

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article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

2

house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.); contemptible person; skunk; wretch

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

to pick up; to pick out

1

to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

1

large front gate

3

passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy

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to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon

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to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

2

haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)

2

companion

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

2

to pay attention (to)

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shadow; tail; following

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

to leak; to run out

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technique; art; skill; move

2

to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much

2

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

1

joints; points (of a speech)

1

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

1

to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

1

it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

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to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)

1

emergency measures

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with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

2

or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

1

rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman; quarrel over something trivial; storm in a teacup; quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths

1

letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

1

in spite of; regardless of

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pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

1

crowd of people

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

to take flight; to disappear

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impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

2

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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