jpdb beta

flag; banner; ensign; emblem

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looking on from afar; being a spectator

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

decision; ruling; award; arbitration

1

to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon

1

going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

2

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

3

77th birthday

3

to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)

1

one's family; family member

1

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

1

to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

2

dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing

1

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

2

as always; as ever; though it's always the case

1

absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper

1

falling asleep; going to sleep

1

decaffeinated; caffeine-free; uncaffeinated; non-caffeinated

1

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

tap water

2

well water

1

mountain ridge; near a mountain

1

spring water

3

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

1

hard water

1

round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth

1

to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

1

alphabet

1

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

1

Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love)

2

man-eating fiend

2

lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

3

I love you

1

(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery

1

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

1

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

1

Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)

1

shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience

1

tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge

3

Taimu

4

kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

2

kanji "jewel" radical at left (radical 96)

4

coffee

3

Yupian (ancient Chinese dictionary)

1

as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

1

radical (of a kanji character)

1

nice; likeable; desirable

1

taciturn

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topic of conversation

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