jpdb beta

staff notation

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origin; beginning

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the end

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

duty; obligation

1

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

1

to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits

1

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

threatening letter; intimidating letter

1

written request

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

drifting ashore

1

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

1

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

2

discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile

2

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

bottling; bottled

2

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

1

coast; shore; littoral

1

hermetically seal; sealing (e.g. envelope)

1

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

1

glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial

1

transparent; clear

1

small bottle

3

at a loss for words; stumped for words

1

postal delivery; mail delivery; postman; mailman

1

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

1

depository; storage area; storage location; storage site

1

inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.

1

holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner

1

good customer; prime customer; valued clientele

1

to set aside

1

net; netting; web

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff

1

betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

very strange; odd; queer

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

training; practice; practising; cultivation

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

long trip

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taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

2

to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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to hold a sword above one's head; to be haughty; to be arrogant

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to the end; to the last

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