jpdb beta

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

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in succession; one by one

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specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

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afterimage; imprint

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to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

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conflict; complication; troubles; discord

4

not yet fixed; undecided; pending

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to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

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choosing; selecting; deciding (on)

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wrist

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pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

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notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal

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depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)

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gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)

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to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

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child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face

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sloping shoulders

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to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

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tall (of a person)

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

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prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

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half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

1

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

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in large drops

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flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly

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trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

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circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

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farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long

2

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

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nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

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sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head

2

to grimace; to make a wry face

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both arms

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bullying; teasing

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seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

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allegory; fable; parable

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heavily; profoundly

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(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form

2

hiding one's embarrassment

3

to do by the use of

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to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

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insect bite; bug bite; sting

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

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to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

2

one's way back; one's way home

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progress; development

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