jpdb beta

(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

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with a thud

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

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to pick up; to pick out

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to grasp at the air

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

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please; somehow or other; one way or another

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to do

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to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

12

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

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sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

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all over the body; from head to foot; all over

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

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to open one's eyes wide

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dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

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to lie down (and rest)

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

2

darkness; the dark

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to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

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(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

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second floor; upstairs

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19; nineteen

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beginning (of a century, etc.)

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Europe

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painting; picture

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to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named

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Saturday

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

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title

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just before

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opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

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exceedingly; very

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expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

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

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to turn towards; to point

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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very much; exceedingly; extremely

2

presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not

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change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

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natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

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approval; endorsement

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person with no physical or mental disability; able-bodied person

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news value

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

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point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

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