jpdb beta

library; book collection; paperback book

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half

5

casual

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dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)

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indeed; really; truly; very much

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ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

3

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

1

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

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house-cloth; dust cloth

3

hotcake; (American) pancake

3

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

handling the needle

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needlework; sewing

1

woodpecker

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decision; settlement; definition

1

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

1

to surround; to crowd around

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

4

arm; skill; efforts; ability

2

pose; pause

4

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

2

bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl

1

horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

1

apt to (do); liable to; prone to

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

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to forget completely; to leave behind

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to move forward; to move on

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to hand over; to surrender

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promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

4

the end

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confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

1

last spurt; final spurt; home stretch

1

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

3

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

go for it; heave; ugh

1

to shake off; to throw off

1

sitting with one knee drawn up

1

forehead; brow

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

3

to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

1

dim; gloomy

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origami; art of paper folding; hallmark; certificate of authenticity

6

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

4

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

8

go stone; go piece

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ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1