jpdb beta

to dirty one's hands

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bedside

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

3

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

7

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

3

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

to complain; to make a complaint

2

after

5

fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement

1

sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

1

eyelid

2

reading (books)

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

3

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

4

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

6

next day

1

to kill time

1

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

1

being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)

1

Mr (junior); master; boy

9

beautiful woman

2

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

5

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

2

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

1

denim; jeans

9

thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

1

T-shirt; tee shirt

5

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

1

sleeveless clothing

1

clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew

1

longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

1

skirt

1

feminine; womanly; female

2

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

2

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

2

in those days

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

12

company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

4

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

20

boyish

2

impression

1

shampoo

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

1

half a year; six months

1

report; information

2

no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

2

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

1