jpdb beta

strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork

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to pay out of one's own pocket

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profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

5

being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

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to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

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training; drill; practice; discipline

3

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

3

to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

easily; without effort

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing

1

brush strokes; manner of using a brush; use of a pen; penmanship

1

beginner

1

they; them

4

had better do so

2

bodily sensation; sense; experience

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming

2

evidence; proof

1

long time

1

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

3

rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint

1

knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

2

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

2

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

4

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

3

timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule

1

to refer to; to use as reference

2

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

1

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

3

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

3

from the beginning; from scratch

1

writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

2

one's study hours (time)

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not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

3

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

1

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

2

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

1

resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

1

to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult

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