jpdb beta

headband

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

4

understood; I see; OK; present; here

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another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine

2

100; hundred

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hawk; falcon

3

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

aha!; yes sir

1

feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand

1

looks; appearance

1

to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs

1

to strain or exert oneself; to go all out

1

being in shape; holding a dignified appearance

1

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

2

irritating; frustrating

1

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

1

wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper

1

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

3

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

3

cheating heart; temptation to cheat on one's partner

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

2

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

5

resentment; indignation; anger

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

1

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

1

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

2

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

2

that sort of; like that

1

to get drunk; to become tipsy

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

2

belch; burp; eructation

1

to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

1

chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company

2

to become desperate; to give in to despair

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to leave of one's own accord

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timid; faint of heart

1

wish; desire; ambition

1

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

3

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

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(religious) piety; faith; devotion

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China; Chinese food

2

have a good day; take care; see you

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that is to say; so that means

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rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet

1

seeing one off; farewell; escort

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