jpdb beta

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

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figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight

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eyebrow

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(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

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mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)

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very popular; highly favoured

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shopping district; shopping street; downtown

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Mito (city in Ibaraki)

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

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juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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to make a success in life

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

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gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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steadily

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

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these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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you could say that

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is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

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something; some kind of; for some reason

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clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster

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to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited

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hot water; hot bath

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely

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