jpdb beta

writer; author

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calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

1

almost everyone

1

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

1

to approve of

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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fish

2

cook; chef

1

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

1

fish-based cooking; fish dish

1

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

2

we; us

5

to turn towards; to point

1

printing

3

paper

2

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

1

manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

2

peanut

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

1

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

1

to make good use of; to use to one's advantage

1

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

2

thus; in this way

1

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)

1

conversation

2

to talk (a person) down; to confute

1

fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt

1

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

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circulation; dissemination

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

1

one's property; personal effects; one's belongings

1

to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with

1

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

jail; gaol; jailhouse

2

Tolstoy; Tolstoi

1

law

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

2

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)

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national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

3

official writing system of a country; official script; kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji

2

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

2

(political) administration; political power

2

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

2

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

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