jpdb beta

standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to

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classical form of martial art

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bath

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swallowing; understanding; apprehension

1

soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice

1

to wait upon; to serve

4

affinity

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describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

2

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

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highly nourishing (nutritious); earning top marks nutrition-wise

1

meanwhile; in the meantime

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unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty

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to encamp; to take up a position

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out of sight; out of eyeshot

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decree; directive

4

seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

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modifier

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flash; instant; lightning (speed)

1

young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

1

to move to tears; to draw tears; to evoke tears

1

advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving

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easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

1

expansion of armaments

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structural reform; restructuring

1

divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

1

violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement

7

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

2

feral child

1

high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes

1

anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

1

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

1

empress

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strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

worldly-wise man

1

confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling

1

real estate with a flaw that reduces its price; stigmatized property

1

joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment

2

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

2

animal rights; animal welfare; animal protection

2

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

4

the earliest

2

remains; leavings; remnant; surplus

4

quality before quantity

1

hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

1

going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways

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home delivery

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leveling; levelling

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remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking

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one's own thoughts or opinion

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