jpdb beta

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

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Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources

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social life; social intercourse

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winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

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perfectly dedicated wife

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silence; stillness; quietness

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Leonardo

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iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

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heartbeat

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companion

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to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled

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to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

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to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in

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crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

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to lie down; to throw oneself down

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counter for birds, rabbits, etc.

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite

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daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

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to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

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to shake off; to throw off

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to turn a somersault

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wave; ups and downs

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swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird

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sail

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incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

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islands

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)

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slightly elevated

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nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling

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dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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to pull in (fish); to land

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languidly; loosely

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grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

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facetious; droll; funny

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O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

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to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

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to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)

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rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

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to become grainy

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first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall

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as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

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