jpdb beta

to jar; to creak; to grate

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door; gate; opening; title page

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quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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dawn breaks; day dawns

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a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed

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to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

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at times; occasionally

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

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to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy

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to fight with swords; to cross swords

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

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gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

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looking on from afar; being a spectator

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after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present

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sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

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how; in what way

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

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daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

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to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

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quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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antique; curio

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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

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but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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glaze; overglaze; enamel

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trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

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rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

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to thrust before; to thrust at

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letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

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pride; dignity; self-respect

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

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