jpdb beta

ten-odd; a dozen or so

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unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

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to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match

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pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

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thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts

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very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

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rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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object; body; solid

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Japanese (language)

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study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

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kanji; Chinese character

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text

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four

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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

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disregarding; ignoring

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skyrocket (firework)

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under one's arm; (in) the armpit

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to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

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diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

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fuse

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to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

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to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

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shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

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tamaya! (word shouted when viewing fireworks)

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good

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fireworks

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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

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to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear

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to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

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dazzling; radiant

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

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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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bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed

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green; greenery; verdure

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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orange (fruit, colour)

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to fly around; to scatter

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attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint

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rampaging; raging violently; going berserk

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falling from a horse

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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sorites

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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