jpdb beta

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete

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quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

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outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour

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point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

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without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately

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to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen

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to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

7

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

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thickly; densely; luxuriantly

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crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

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yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

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at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

2

to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

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brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

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to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

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sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

2

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

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sadness; sorrow; grief

2

to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart

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disliking without even tasting

1

great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

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frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range

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spacious; vast; wide

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to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)

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kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

3

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

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vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce

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foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

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to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

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suffocation; choking; asphyxia

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slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid

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every time; each round

5

hotcake; (American) pancake

2

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

2

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

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to point at

3

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

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shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3

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to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam

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whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)

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to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

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to be too numerous; to be too much

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doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

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to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

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two or three days

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billowy; fluffy; cloudlike; tenderly; amiably; softly

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