jpdb beta

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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among (them); of (them)

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to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

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Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

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five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily

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stepping back; drawing back

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underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

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Kikuo

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leader of a group

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relative; relation; kin

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bucket; pail; tub

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

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forehead; brow

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to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

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looks; features

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(not) in the slightest; (not) at all

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to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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rope; cord; policeman's rope

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art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

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to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

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to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with

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meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

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out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

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handcuffs; manacles

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four people

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to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)

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if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

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slowly (but steadily); little by little; with a sizzle; burning; oozing out (e.g. of sweat)

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to gasp in surprise

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ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.

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helicopter

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swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

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joint; seam

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cave; cavern; den; grotto

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to stoop; to bend over

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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fifteen; 15

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subterranean tunnel

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the other; the other one

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exit; way out; outlet; vent

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faintly light; dim

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short (of a person)

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star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot

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starlight

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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