jpdb beta

to get thin; to taper off

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to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)

1

eighty; 80

2

900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot

3

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

2

right lobe

2

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

2

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

2

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

3

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

2

to attract attention

1

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

3

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

5

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

2

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

2

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

11

thirty; 30

6

thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning

1

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

3

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

2

outside Kyoto or the capital

4

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

6

slave; servant; slavery

6

servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he

13

(arch.) female slave; female servant; housemaid

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

1

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

2

affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

2

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

4

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

2

appearance; how one looks to others; towards the outside; outside part

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

3

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

2

ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

2

to refuse; to decline; to deny

3

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

1

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

7

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

7

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

1

to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

1

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

2

in deep black; in jet black

1

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

9

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

3

clear; fresh; bright

1

to not believe one's ears

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