jpdb beta

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

3

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

2

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

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to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

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type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

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to hide; to conceal

3

to hand over; to surrender

4

frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

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leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

1

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

1

hermitage; retreat

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Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)

1

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

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Cyrano de Bergerac

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Archimedes (287?-212 BCE)

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figure; shape; graphic

3

bathroom

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to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

rifle

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gun point; muzzle

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Hemingway

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historical background

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positive film; reversal film; slide film

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explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

2

Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

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Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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toy box; toy chest

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

5

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

1

construction; establishment

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Parthenon

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temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle

3

one house

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19; nineteen

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century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

2

east coast

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general; popular; common; typical

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Georgia (country); Georgia (US state)

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wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

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knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

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reply; answer; response

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