jpdb beta

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

3

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

1

or

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girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl

1

wig; hairpiece

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

like this; this sort; this way

1

to have troubles; to have concerns

1

beginning; start; outset

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

2

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

3

cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer

1

late summer heat; lingering summer heat

3

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

2

first 10 days of the month

1

aloha; aloha shirt

1

cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax

1

very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy

1

lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

1

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

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stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

1

news programme; news program

1

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

6

centre; center

11

area around the Hachikō statue at Shibuya Station in Tokyo (popular meeting point)

3

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

31

(public) park

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prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

4

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

1

Snow White

5

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

9

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

9

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

5

happy ending

3

old people

3

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

6

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

3

treasure

1

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

5

to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

2

passing by

4

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

1

D; d; director

2

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

2

to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied

1

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

4

palace; court

1

forest; shrine grove

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