jpdb beta

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

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to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

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embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

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to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

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pointing out; identification

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old friend; familiar face

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confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

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to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

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to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

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dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man

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plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

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little by little

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vast; boundless; vague; obscure

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remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

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cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste

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charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

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bringing up; rearing; upbringing

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to gaze out at; to look out over

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faint, ironic or bittersweet smile

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edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

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(sliding) glass door; patio door; small floor-level opening through which dirt is swept

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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epilogue

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beside; nearby

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cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

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white (bleached) bone; skeleton

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

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exhaustion; fatigue

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down; below; downward

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lonely figure

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to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

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green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case

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many thanks; sincere apologies

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you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)

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one's course; one's path; one's road

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to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

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to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

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to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

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to enlighten

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to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

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enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

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that day; the very same day

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