jpdb beta

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

12

in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely

3

chat; desultory conversation

18

sitting; feast; speech

2

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

nature; property; disposition

1

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

4

narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

1

yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)

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indifferent; unconcerned

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to be prolonged; to drag on

2

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

3

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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knot

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

2

convenient

1

to come to an end; to lower the curtain

1

performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move

1

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

4

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

3

invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

preface; foreword; introduction

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

6

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

3

haori (Japanese formal coat)

1

dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs

1

to aim at

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main question; real issue at hand

3

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

1

expression; phraseology

1

subject; theme

1

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

1

striking; remarkable; considerable

2

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

2

long-lasting; durable; keeping well

1

being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to

1

one's own work; making by oneself

1

distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert

1

Enchou

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