jpdb beta

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

4

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

2

worldly affairs; ways of the world

1

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

8

to know (someone); to think; to believe

1

was

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

5

-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust

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by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

8

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

3

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

6

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

2

to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

1

right beside; close to; nearby

4

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

2

feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear

1

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head

1

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

5

toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often

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trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

2

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

2

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

2

simple; plain

3

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

9

(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; kiseru; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

1

to talk to oneself; to mutter

3

balance

2

design

2

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

6

functional

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

8

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

2

you; I; me; oneself

4

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

2

to speak ill of; to disparage

2

to mean

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this evening; tonight

4

workshop; studio; atelier

2

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

2

right eye

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eyepatch; eye bandage

1

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

3

wrinkle; crease; ripple

2

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

2

to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

1

age; years

1

burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

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