jpdb beta

plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)

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flannel

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something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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light rain; drizzle

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lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

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height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut

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worried; troubled; afflicted; to afflict; to torment

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taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

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regularly; promptly; sound of clashing swords; Manchu queue; padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest (often for children)

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sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

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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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brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

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spectacle; sight; scene

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even; but; however

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exaggeration

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slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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millstone; mortar

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light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

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artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

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light; lamplight

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to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

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speech meeting; oratorical meeting; meeting to hear a speech

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announcement flier (e.g. sale at a shop); raffle ticket; lottery ticket; hikifuda (type of playing cards numbered 1-6, used by the bank in tehonbiki); kurifuda

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admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform

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to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

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Sueko

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stability; steadiness; equilibrium

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baby

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Nomoto

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drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

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Hakushuu

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some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

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babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)

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dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

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to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

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trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

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purple; violet

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purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)

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to shave

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interest; appeal; attraction; fun

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demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

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sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

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old man

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to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to

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yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff

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these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

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subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

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