jpdb beta

cake making

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high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)

7

below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin

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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

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advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person

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to cut corners; to be shoddy

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escalation

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fruit

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cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)

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stop

3

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

1

growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing

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young girl; lass; adolescent female

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to be beaten hollow; to be argued into silence

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to cover one's face

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occasional; infrequent; rare

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

2

ring; band; ring; circum-

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

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to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)

2

action of making something; -ification

1

time limit

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judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner

1

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

1

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

9

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

6

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

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Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

2

the coming days

1

nuance

2

one more time; once more; once again

7

(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily

3

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

3

wild beast; wild animal; brute

2

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

3

thigh; buttocks; arse; ass

4

bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs

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(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one

2

miniskirt; mini-skirt

2

shin; front of lower leg

2

above the knee

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(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange

3

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

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sum; surface-to-air missile; SAM

7

in the ward or borough

2

enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

1

to the last; persistency; thoroughness

4

soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

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to fall asleep; to sleep deeply

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to get out of bed; to show a leg

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