jpdb beta

tea leaf; tea leaves

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sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)

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office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water

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to stretch (one's body)

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midsummer; height of summer

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to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

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window

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sunshine; sunlight

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slowly; sluggishly

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to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate

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to work hard; to work diligently

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cheering group; cheering squad

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just like

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rank (of troops); file; column; formation

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to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude

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tea party

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koicha; exceptionally dark, opaque matcha

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(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

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heaven and earth; top and bottom

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certainly; by all means

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anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence

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to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

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insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

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one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

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complaint; grumble

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to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale

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back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer

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head-on collision

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equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

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to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise

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leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

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to open a path

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model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

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accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one

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craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom

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important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials

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staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

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rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

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Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto

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wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

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to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

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calm; composed; leisurely

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calm; composed; self-possessed; firm

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to do one's best

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ahem

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permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

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to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)

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