jpdb beta

to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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mere; simple; sheer

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sigh; long breath

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chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

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things; everything

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elbow

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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to start forgetting

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university student; college student

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woman

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just now; a moment ago; this very minute

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not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

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at once; immediately; right now

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

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waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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to throw into

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cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

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door; doorway

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to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

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wheat bran

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focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)

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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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to stammer; to stutter

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

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zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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fortune-telling; divination

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

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obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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

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floating

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engagement; betrothal

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translation; version (e.g. "English version")

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

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farewell party

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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maid; helper; help; assistance

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aunt; old lady; ma'am

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recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back

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face

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seeing; looking at

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peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)

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step; stair; staircase

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from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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conversation

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