jpdb beta

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

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textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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to take off one's glasses

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spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

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to nod to one another

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to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

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to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

2

to sit on a seat

1

passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order

1

protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication

1

sense of accomplishment

1

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)

1

sourness; acidity

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speech; address

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to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

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decision; ruling; award; arbitration

1

easy to imagine

1

thread; yarn; string

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to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish

1

in large drops

2

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

1

to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)

1

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

1

desire to protect

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to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

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cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice

2

troublesome; annoying; complicated

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

1

to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

1

habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

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to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

2

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

1

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

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poet

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to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough

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area; region; district; locality

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reference; allusion

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

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even so; anyhow; at any rate

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reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy

2

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

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