jpdb beta

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

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neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)

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expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

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having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly

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to own; to receive; to understand

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gilded edges or rims

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to wear glasses; to put on glasses

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to look upward

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companion; partner; spouse

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to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

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judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict

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(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

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twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

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to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

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grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

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gold watch

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six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

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next door but one

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smiling face

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

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gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

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(one's) younger brother; foolish younger brother

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introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness

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graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

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to put in a word for; to second; to support

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clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

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to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

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six minutes

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cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

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authority and force

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to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

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scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

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kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

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to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)

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game; play; sports

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skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness

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happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

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special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured

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comedy; funny show

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conspiracy; collusion; complicity

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gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping

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dilemma; predicament

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as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

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