jpdb beta

excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing

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ancient times; distant past; antiquity

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artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing

2

robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

2

after a meal

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coffee cup; spinning teacups (amusement ride)

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

2

newspaper

4

to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)

1

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

5

chief; main; principal; important

1

article; item; thing; goods; wares

7

old coin

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

3

professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat

2

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

1

munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt

2

(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching

2

happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately

2

casualties; the killed and wounded

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

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society; the world; the times

2

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

3

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

4

hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly

1

with a gulp

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

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waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

3

another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!

1

temple (on side of head)

8

to twitch

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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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to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

2

table

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

4

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

14

ascetic practices; ridding oneself of desires for food, clothing and shelter; religious medicancy; mendicant monk; sack; carry-all bag

3

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

10

fist

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to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

6

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

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inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

5

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

4

tomato sauce

1

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position

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