jpdb beta

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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staffing a restaurant, retail outlet etc. with only one person; one-man operation; one-person operation; taking care of one's child on one's own; solo parenting

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retrenchment; curtailment; economy

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everyone

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total war; all-out war

2

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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half a year; six months

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hot-blooded; hot-headed; temperamental; impulsive

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to soothe; to calm; to pacify

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fee; charge; rate; material

3

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity

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solitude; loneliness; isolation

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battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

2

to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

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wounded person; injured person

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in that manner; like that

2

anything and everything; just about everything

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

parting; farewell

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as a child; when one was a child

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

2

to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last

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grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

1

unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple

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management; administration; operation

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fundamental; basic

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(way of) spending money; way with money; spending habits

1

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

only; sole; unique

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relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

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to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

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to double

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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alcohol; sake

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

5

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

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liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

1

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

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pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

4

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

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to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

1

to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

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five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

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to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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profound; deep

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justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

2

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

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