jpdb beta

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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end; close; termination

3

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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English (language)

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English translation

1

children's story; fairy tale

1

title; caption; heading

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quiz

3

to take (be in) charge of

2

to be intimate with; to befriend

4

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

1

iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner

1

first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial

1

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

1

domestic duck

1

Sleeping Beauty (ballet by Tchaikovsky)

1

foreign country

1

word; language; speech

1

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

1

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

2

to fall asleep

1

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

3

mermaid; merman

4

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

4

Andersen

2

Disney

1

Little Mermaid

1

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

3

supplementary explanation

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favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

2

outline; summary; argument

1

to divide into three (parts); to trisect

1

though; notwithstanding; although

2

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

1

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

1

last days; the end; one's fate

1

(school) period; period or division of time; time limit

1

staff room

9

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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partner

1

subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

5

not yet; un-

2

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

1

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

3

does not

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four o'clock

2

history of Japan; Japanese history

3

bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl

1

glamorous

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