jpdb beta

fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit

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vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

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to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

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to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed

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gesture; sign; hand signal

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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disappointment; despair

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painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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age; years

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suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

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to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

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yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

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missing someone; loathing to part

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to leave

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admirable; laudable

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yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman

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beautiful face; good looks; beauty

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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calculating

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appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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to haul in hand over hand

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even

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wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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society; public; community; social studies

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lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

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sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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such ... as; or some such

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firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

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declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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crowd of people

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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shyness

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to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

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totteringly; trudgingly

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shabby; seedy

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procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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to sell

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very hungry; starving; ravenous

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food; foodstuff

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

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at least; at most; (even) just

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drink; beverage

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vending machine

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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

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