jpdb beta

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

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(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

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each other; one another

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to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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passage; path; route; one's way

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

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branch road; byroad; side street; digression

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to throw into

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

2

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

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end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

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it seems that; as if

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bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful

1

to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

2

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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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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trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

1

lacking a plan; haphazard

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to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on

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exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

2

rather than; more ... than ...

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sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

7

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

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to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

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

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

4

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

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how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome

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to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch

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not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

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to rush back; to run back

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Earth Horse (55th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)

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under the staircase; understairs

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towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

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to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

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cancer

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piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

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to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

5

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

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here and there; in places

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