jpdb beta

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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Germany

1

to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

2

scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

2

to entertain; to make welcome

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tea ceremony; Way of Tea

2

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

3

left eye

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to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

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even now; still; as yet

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plan; idea; design; plot

2

shape; form

2

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

1

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

1

to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

1

you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)

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nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)

2

to stab to death

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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(convalescent) rest

1

to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip

3

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

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your father

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

2

to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)

3

direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt

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behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

2

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2

to be the case that

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dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

2

master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes

2

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

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immediate reply

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what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

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rule; reign; peaceful times

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surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture

2

rule; reign; government; governing

3

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

3

to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy

1

goodness; good

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to entertain; to treat

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greed; avarice

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to pull in (fish); to land

2

powerful family

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you

1

farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

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