jpdb beta

higher and higher

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to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend

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millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)

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fertile; productive; fruitful

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contrast

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lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

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haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

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foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent

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level ground; horizon; field of view

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pure white; snow white

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heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron

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to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

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calm; composed; leisurely

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to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

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swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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empty space; empty sky

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to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

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gliding (through the air)

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to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

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futomaki; thick roll of makizushi; rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.)

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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lower region; lower part; region below

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beak; bill

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intruder; invader; trespasser; raider

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to need; to demand; to take; to require

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to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

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a few years ago; some years back

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big quarrel; huge fight; big row

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quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult

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last chapter (book, etc.)

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average temperature

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

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omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

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horticulture; gardening

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gravesite; tomb

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seedling; sapling; young tree

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to take root; to strike

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year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

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growth (of a plant)

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to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

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denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

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have a good day; take care; see you

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football pitch; soccer field

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one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

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lawn; grass

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lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

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to shut the lid

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selection; choice; picking out

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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