jpdb beta

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

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to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

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waiting impatiently for

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probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

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to stop (plug) one's ears

2

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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oral cavity; mouth

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to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

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oral; in the mouth

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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to kill each other

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severe; fierce; stern

2

nihility; nothingness

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to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

1

dinner; evening meal

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box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

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sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)

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food cooked in miso; cooking in miso

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sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense

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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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to bite off; to gnaw through

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demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

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thicket; coppice; brushwood

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)

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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience

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saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

1

pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance

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good feeling; feeling good

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to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air

1

stationery store; stationery shop; stationer's

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page

2

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

3

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

1

various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

2

expression; look; countenance; face

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to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

2

both; (not) either

2

to fall in love

2

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

1

episode; anecdote; vignette

2

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

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small; fine; detailed; stingy

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outline; summary; gist; basic points

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