jpdb beta

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

4

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

3

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

2

confections; sweets; candy; cake

5

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

desire; appetite; lust

1

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

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to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)

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to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

3

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

1

potato chips; potato crisps

3

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

2

Chipps

2

15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts

1

year-end gift; end of the year; year end

1

this time; now

1

plan; idea; design; plot

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

2

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

4

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

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Onrai

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Touki

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Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jie Shi) (1887.10.31-1975.4.5)

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

1

Ho Chi Minh

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997); Teng Hsiao-p'ing

1

to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)

1

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy

1

stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off

1

food texture; mouthfeel

2

with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily

1

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

2

entrails

2

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

3

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

1

after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath

2

alcohol; sake

2

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

2

alcohol; sake

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

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man; male; masculine gender

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