jpdb beta

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

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just how; how (dare you)

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running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry

4

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

1

early afternoon

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

3

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

2

with a clang or a clink; tinkle

1

red hair; ginger hair

6

one's home; one's house

3

tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining

1

innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

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manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

5

risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh

2

to manage something successfully; to be successful

4

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

7

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

2

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

3

school friend

1

to frown; to scowl

2

self control; self restraint

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

2

if it's the case

2

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

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to triumph; to be elated with success

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

4

(written) report

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

5

younger sister

2

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

2

non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy

1

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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this sort of

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

4

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

1

sequel of a story

3

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

3

to be possible to occur

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

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to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

2

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

4

giving a broad smile

1

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

2

in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short

1

merry; joyful; gleeful

1

candy box

4

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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