jpdb beta

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

2

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

2

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks

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at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

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miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

2

getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

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all you have to do is; just; that's all

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at least

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he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

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one's person; around one's person

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rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

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traces; evidence

2

to clap

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fog; mist; spray

3

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

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official in charge; person in charge

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

1

maximum temperature; highest temperature; (today's) high

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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

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swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

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to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

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steamed towel; steaming hot towel

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sauna

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dance

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stone statue

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children's book

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in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

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being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind

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as (somebody) says

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to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

1

to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset

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hardcover; hardback

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

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haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period

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clown

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garments; attire

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uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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joker

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

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