jpdb beta

beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

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nine; 9

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Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

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in the mountains; among the mountains

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

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site; plot; lot; grounds

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to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

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outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

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foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

haunted house

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

1

to lean against; to set against

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bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

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spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands

1

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

2

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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father

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grandparents

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relative; relation; kin

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kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

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family lineage

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

mainly; primarily

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practice; practising; training; study

3

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

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awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

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to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

2

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

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establishment; settlement

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almost every day; almost daily

3

to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)

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boy; man; male

3

ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son

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to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

2

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

2

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

1

to rampage; to run riot

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

2

strong person; the strong; the powerful

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weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

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