jpdb beta

(verbal) message; word (from someone)

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easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

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what on Earth is this?

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left side; left-hand side

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

1

jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

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(coat) hanger; hangar; hunger

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers

2

twelve; 12; queen

1

harvest festival

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tidying up; finishing

1

to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind

1

nihility; nothingness

1

period of time; time slot; time zone

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program (e.g. TV); programme

1

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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newspaper

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to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

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asking oneself

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moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)

1

legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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road; highway

2

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

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having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

2

suit (clothing); suit

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

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large build; large pattern

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exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

1

to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in

2

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

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that's so, however ...

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

2

accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank

1

superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart

1

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

chivalrous spirit; heroic defence of the weak; chivalrous man; ruffian who acts under the pretence of chivalry

3

to glare at each other; to confront each other

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to take by surprise

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to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up

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to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

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to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

2

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

4

kitchen; financial situation; finances

1

to pull open

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to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

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boy; juvenile; child

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