jpdb beta

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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B class; B grade; second rate

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Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

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waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

1

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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simply; merely; only; solely

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same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

92

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

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opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

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unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

1

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

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to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

3

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

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left; left hand side

4

here and there; everywhere

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chatting; idle talk

3

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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already; now; no longer; not any more

8

solitude; loneliness; isolation

3

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

8

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

31

very small difference (esp. in time); tiny interval

1

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

18

to sit on a seat

2

to hide; to conceal

7

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

63

to glare at; to scowl at

3

decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp

3

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

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reaction; response

8

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

3

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

choosing between two things; two choices

1

small quantity; little; little while; short distance

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to be worried; to be troubled

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concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

3

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)

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