jpdb beta

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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night sky

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early rising

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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Buddhist (household) altar

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to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick

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habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

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deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful

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to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

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intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account

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to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

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collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

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while in class

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inattention; absent-mindedness

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to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)

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one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point

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laughingstock; butt of ridicule

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one week

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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feeling; mood

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to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

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to leave one's seat

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to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

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garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

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to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

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Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus

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rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

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cherry tomato

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spinach

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boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)

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lidded plastic container; Tupperware

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childish; child-like; immature; infantile

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study; research; investigation

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minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup

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daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor

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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

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straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly

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crow (Corvus spp.); raven

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evening; dusk; twilight

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