jpdb beta

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

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still; even now; to this day

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to fall in love (with); to love

4

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

3

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

2

to face on; to look out on to

2

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

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darkness

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here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

6

street light

4

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

2

to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

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lined kimono

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

2

late at night; small hours of the morning

3

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

2

to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

2

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

3

wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom

1

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

2

near oneself; close to one; familiar

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to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

2

flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

5

surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

4

another method; another problem

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

to brave a danger; to take a risk

1

rut; wheel track; furrow

1

hard fight; difficult struggle

3

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

3

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

4

father and mother; parents

1

vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

3

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)

2

sake cup; wine cup

3

every direction

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in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house

1

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

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cell; serge; cel (celluloid)

1

crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby

3

antiquity; ancient times

2

the preceding year; the previous year; last year

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work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

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felt hat

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uniform

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

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