jpdb beta

hair (on the head)

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to dishevel (hair)

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barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)

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policeman's rope

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to water (a plant, a flower etc.)

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selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

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heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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short way; shortcut

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(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

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parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

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to give a glance (at); to take one look at

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you; dear; honey

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Morito

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long (time that has passed); old (story)

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive

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tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly

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to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

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trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

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wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

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freshly pounded (rice cake)

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent

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to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

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someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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to be betrayed by a trusted follower

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to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

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to be opposite; to face each other

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to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

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diagonal

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emperor's secret orders

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to drop; to let fall; to omit

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(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)

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Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

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to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

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starry sky

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clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes

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suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)

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innumerable; countless; numberless

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multitude

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fog; mist; spray

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to resound; to make a stir

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to drag in; to pull in

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just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment

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older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

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to close; to shut

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