jpdb beta

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

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fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement

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to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep

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falling asleep immediately; going out like a light

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to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

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dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing

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indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable

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mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity

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love; attachment; lovesickness

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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to throb; to beat fast

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while passing each other

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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

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to run up to

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appointment

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outrageous lie; outright lie

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

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strangeness; abnormality; disorder

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transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting

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serious illness

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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grandiose; exaggerated

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future; distant future

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bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

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to press a question; to cross-examine

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rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

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arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

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armpit; axilla

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exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable

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Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)

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serving table

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suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture

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Takayama Ukon

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)

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sage; wise man; philosopher; sagacity; wisdom; intelligence

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master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes

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lord of a castle

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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descendant

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Christian

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expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

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freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes

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to shrug one's shoulders

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excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

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