jpdb beta

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

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silhouette

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characteristic

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shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

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to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

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to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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to lie down (and rest)

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straight line

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to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

1

one's own room

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to hold up in one's arms

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to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

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permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

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to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

2

moving about; stirring about

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to become better; to improve

2

to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

1

cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

1

corn flakes; cold cereal; breakfast cereal

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1

par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity

1

clenched fist

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very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

1

low voice; whisper

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scalloped (noodles); boiled noodles served in a pot with broth

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

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to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

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we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

1

to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

1

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

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to mix; to stir; to blend

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(dried) bonito stock

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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the latter

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to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

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individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

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lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

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