jpdb beta

to begin talking; to open up

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

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facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

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tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)

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suddenly; abruptly; quickly

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

5

comb box; toiletries case

1

seeing one off; farewell; escort

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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greeting; a fine thing to say

1

to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat

2

meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium

1

slightly; faintly

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simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

1

dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

1

contagion; infection

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big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

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townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

2

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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inertia; momentum; force of habit

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in the city

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thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

2

to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

1

excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle

1

grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

does not

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instead; but (on the other hand)

1

rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

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chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

1

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

2

thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual

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speed; velocity; pace; velocity

1

shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph

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small bucket

3

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

2

jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

1

if

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forelock; bangs

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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yurt

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