jpdb beta

to not believe one's ears

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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to throw at; to turn; to raise

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long-established; old-established; traditional

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waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

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with a momentary flash of light

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drawn sword; naked sword

2

sharp; keen; acute

3

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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to thrust before; to thrust at

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to shed blood

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hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark

2

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

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to push (something) against

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way out; means to escape; escape route

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

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break in the deadlock

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way; method; means

2

wrist

2

to collapse into; to flop onto

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knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

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affected part; diseased part; wound

3

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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doll; puppet; figure

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to shake off

2

physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

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to draw a sword

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

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to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

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before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

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to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

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every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

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to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect

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to fall in love

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to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

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inner canthus; inner corner of the eye

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stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

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butterfly

7

to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

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to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

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to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

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boisterous dance

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to cover fully; to wrap around

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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