jpdb beta

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

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used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

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shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

4

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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semi-transparent; translucent

1

return; coming back

2

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

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as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

2

street light; streetlamp

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light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

1

pace; step; cadence

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to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

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nose

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ouch; ow; that hurt

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it is I who should say so

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handbag; purse

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foodstuff; ingredient

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canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

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fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

2

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

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the same; the said; likewise

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

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

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wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

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valley; ravine; gorge; canyon

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koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

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moving into (a city, etc.); transfer (to a new school)

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orthodox

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contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

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main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

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to copy (down); to transcribe

1

test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal

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another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

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to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

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dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

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shade; shadow

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ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

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dusk; twilight

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

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as a child; when one was a child

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how long; how far; how much

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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