jpdb beta

kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

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auntie; older woman

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freezing; cold storage; refrigeration

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tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish

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to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

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bath towel

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous

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massage chair

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faint; swoon

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to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

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indecent; obscene

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

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being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey

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limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth

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to take time

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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to take the bus

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to grow dark slowly

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

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calls and sounds made by insects

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wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

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loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

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to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

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sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

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implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

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end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)

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just out of the bath

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big job; great task

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walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

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black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

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combatant; fighter

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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closet

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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head; lead; vanguard; first

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flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle

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to walk noisily; to walk loudly

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

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silence (not speaking); muteness

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even though it is not; despite not

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to look into; to peer in

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to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

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personal; inter-personal

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village

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there's no smoke without fire

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