jpdb beta

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

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the same age

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normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

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far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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childhood

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to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

4

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

meow; miaow; cat

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

2

(sense of) taste; palate

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cat food

1

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

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thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

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dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

3

beginning; outset; first; onset

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intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

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adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)

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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

to speak; to hear a voice

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tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

4

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

3

to fall ill; to be taken ill

1

hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!

1

information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)

1

note; memo; memorandum

1

to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

2

this sort of; this type of

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each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

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to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

at least; at most; (even) just

1

advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

1

dong (of a bell or gong)

2

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

chimes; toll of a bell

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to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

2

antique clock; old clock

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