jpdb beta

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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long; (for a) long time

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dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

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oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

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light; faint; pale; fleeting

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analog; analogue

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elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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digital

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more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

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flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

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(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

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to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die

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sports-minded; sports-oriented

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you (plural)

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rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

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to win; to gain victory

2

full speed

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par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity

1

godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)

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scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)

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step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

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to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

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similarly; same (idea); same (name)

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to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick

1

to step firmly; to harden by treading

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feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

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rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

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what is it?

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to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

2

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

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echo; ultrasound scan; echographic examination

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

2

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

to smash; to break into pieces

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top floor

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nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

2

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2

reverberation; echo

1

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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tuning fork

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sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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two times; twice; two degrees

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passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

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