jpdb beta

something like ...; something called ...

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self-introduction

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adopted daughter; foster daughter

2

route; way; course; directions

1

block (of wood); chip; splinter

2

drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint

2

to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace

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twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

missing person; wanted person

3

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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foliage; leaves of trees

2

label; sticker

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cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

2

country girl

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portrait

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

3

burning earth, e.g. for sterilization and converting compost

1

that's the way it is; such is life

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

1

to intend; to be sure that

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kindness; consideration

1

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

1

kindness; intimacy; friendship

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

clearly; distinctly; vividly

2

condolence call

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a bit more; a bit longer

1

waking up early; getting up early; early rising

1

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

1

to make; to manufacture

4

since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all

1

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

2

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

1

flood of emotions; many thoughts

1

alternately; in succession

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the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

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to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward

2

low tide

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hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

1

father

3

funnel

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form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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for a while; for some time; for a period

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to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

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(a) few; some; several

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