jpdb beta

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

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sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

fair copy; clean copy

1

one week

3

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

2

study; research; investigation

1

black tea

3

Western confectionery

1

church; congregation

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

3

grandmother

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praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd

2

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

1

unrelated; unconnected

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

2

impudent; shameless; brazen

1

landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

1

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

2

dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

(dead) end; end of the line

2

barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

3

someone who has come to say farewell; those who have come to say farewell; people at a send-off

1

getting an advance (on one's salary)

2

train fare

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

help; aid; assistance

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

1

stinging (pain); smarting; tingling

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character

1

Jesus (Christ)

3

Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

1

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

1

salted rice-bran paste for pickling; mashed green soybeans

2

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

vomit; vomiting

1

for lack of anything better to do

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wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

1

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

1

corner; nook; recess

1

whereabout; about where; how much

1

The Imperial Theater

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

1

paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

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