jpdb beta

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous

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elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

3

flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

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small bones

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emergency; extraordinary; unusual

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

6

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

4

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

1

diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

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ingredient; foodstuff

1

righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way

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origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

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theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

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that's so, however ...

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for one thing ...

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on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

4

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

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skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

5

inland districts; inland areas

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to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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to be selected (from among many people)

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Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

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(degree of) freshness

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high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

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to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

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kanji; Chinese character

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kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name

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skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

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people

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

3

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

like a decent person; human

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episode; anecdote; vignette

2

extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true

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anecdote; brief (comic) story

1

smoothly; easily; readily

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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smooth

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

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to shake one's head

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a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

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Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala); melon seed

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threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)

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