jpdb beta

private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

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day before yesterday

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spare time; free time; leisure

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)

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poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

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to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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year of a person's birth; number of years since one's birth; age

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twenty-six

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to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

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master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes

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friend; acquaintance

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official duties; office; function

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awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

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hurrying

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tilling with horses

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government affairs

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extreme busyness

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lack of sleep

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rule; standard; compass and ruler

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tiny bit

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sigh of relief

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dear; beloved

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inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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interview

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to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)

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quarrel between brothers

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something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento

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considerably; fairly; quite

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rumour; rumor; hearsay; report

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falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

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absurd; unreasonable

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misunderstanding

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young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship

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walk; walking

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to run out (e.g. of the room)

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place where one can remove one's shoes before entering a house

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stepping stone

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footwear; footgear; shoes

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quick-wittedness; tact

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mild; mild-mannered; gentle

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to get accustomed to using

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to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except

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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

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Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)

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Liu Bei (161-223)

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round meat; meat from a pig's thigh (from which ham is made)

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manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

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