jpdb beta

tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance

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preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

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in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

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obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days

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back; behind; rear

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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to be frank; to drop all pretense

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to do; to perform; to carry out; (arch.) to serve; (arch.) to wait upon; (arch.) to attend

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ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction

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just then; at that time; at that moment; as it's a time of ...; in this time of ...

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simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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water well

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fine article; masterpiece

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to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

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presentation (e.g. of a gift)

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to offer for sale; to put on the market

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500; five hundred; many

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buying price; cost price; purchase price

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to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

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excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem

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moderate

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tea-ceremony procedures; skill at serving tea

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poor; lame; ill-prepared

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several days later

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congratulations

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red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

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koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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puzzle; riddle

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to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

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idling one's life away; living to no purpose

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to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through

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carelessly; inattentively

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jealous; envious

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rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

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square; formal; prim; stuffy

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steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

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as (for); for; in the capacity of

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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry

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older sister

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to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind

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to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

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half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)

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