jpdb beta

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

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sadistic desires; sadistic feelings

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to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

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lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

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to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

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grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

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to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

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(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy

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to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

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Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)

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to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

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kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair

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attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

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(one's) seated posture

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hey; hold on; come on

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soundproofing

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legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

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mankind; humanity

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glancing (look)

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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weekly publication; weekly magazine

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

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adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

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married person

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to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress

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having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect

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

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to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

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amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force

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to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

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to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

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getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)

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cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption

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to decorate; to display

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(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

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birthday cake

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit

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to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

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stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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to be

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congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

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