jpdb beta

to wash away; to rinse off

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to massage

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devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

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incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

2

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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unfortunately; sorry, but ...

2

help; aid; assistance

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to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

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notification; pre-1886 administrative order

2

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

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morals; morality; ethics

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common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

to check; to compare

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cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

2

communication

2

lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

1

smoothly; easily; readily

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to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

2

(taking a) bath; hot spring cure

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deep affection; dear; beloved

1

feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about

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confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

3

to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions

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objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

2

smile

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to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather

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sponge

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

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humming; crooning

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to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

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continuation; succession; series

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nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

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to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

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accident

2

mass

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arms; weapon; ordnance

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noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

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short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

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to speak; to hear a voice

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to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

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