jpdb beta

rash; reckless

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jealous; envious

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carelessly; inattentively

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to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

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idling one's life away

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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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puzzle; riddle

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

2

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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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)

2

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

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congratulations

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several days later

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

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tea-ceremony procedures

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moderate

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

1

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

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buying price; cost price; purchase price

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500; five hundred; many

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to offer for sale; to put on the market

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presentation (e.g. of a gift)

1

to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

1

fine product; masterpiece

1

water well

3

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

3

simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

1

just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment

1

ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction

2

to serve; to do

2

to be frank; to drop all pretense

1

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

1

back; behind; rear

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obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

1

in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

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

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

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preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

2

tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)

1

to appease; to suppress; to calm

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

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the Four Books (Confucian texts)

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to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

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to give one's life; to lay down one's life

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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