jpdb beta

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

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to keep silent

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in terms of; from the point of view of

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return; coming back

2

in detail; with great care; completely; fully

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observation; survey; watching

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to reach; to get to; to arrive at

4

hearsay; rumor; grapevine

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to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)

2

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

4

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

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to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

2

notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

2

(not) even once; (not) ever

3

to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

1

to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

1

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

6

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

2

common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

4

objection; dissent; protest

1

to leave in the dark; to leave out in the cold; to keep out of the loop; (lit.) to leave outside the mosquito net

1

counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation

1

misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea

1

to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain

1

successor; replacement; second wife

1

second place

1

human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort

1

honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

6

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

3

to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat

1

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

3

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

fist

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trembling from fear; trembling all over

1

antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

1

pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

1

simmer; bubble out; flow out

1

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

2

alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

1

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

2

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

1

to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

6

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

4

disgrace; humiliation

2

shyness; bashfulness; shame

2

ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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