jpdb beta

student (college) life

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to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

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second hand (of clock)

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

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sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)

2

breast; chest

1

snoring; snore

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to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

2

flat; even; level

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

the fifth

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farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum

2

entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)

1

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

4

bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

1

uneasy

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even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

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acquaintance; friend; familiar face

1

revenge

2

won't you

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

2

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

1

Yoshiko

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high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

1

Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)

1

direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation

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to make tea (matcha); to perform the tea ceremony

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

2

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

1

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

1

uniformity; equality

2

(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

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

2

scalp

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looks; features

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plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

1

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

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Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

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eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

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pie; tart

1

teacup

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O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

2

beaming smile

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still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

3

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

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low table; table with very short legs

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