jpdb beta

escalator

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in search of; in order to look for

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

1

to come back; to return

1

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

9

hourly pay; hourly wage

1

labor; labour; manpower; working force

1

regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee

1

pan; pot; transgender man (female-to-male); butch lesbian; (arch.) maidservant; (arch.) housemaid

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pressure cooker

2

pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot

6

wok; Chinese frying pan

4

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

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Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands

1

Tinbe-rochin

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roundish; sort of round

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plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious

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marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife

1

spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

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at a young age; while still young

1

communications network

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to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf

1

to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate

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to be overcome with emotion

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one grain; one drop; one bead

1

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

1

(vocal) volume

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official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank

3

passing (along the way)

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to request earnestly

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fair; fair ball; fair (event)

2

limited time; limited-time offer

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to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together

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wooden sword

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wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

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sword blade; knife blade

1

polypropylene

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make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

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superalloy; Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy

1

to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

1

alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)

1

-fold; -ply

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white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson

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employee; worker

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break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

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partly puffed up; bubblingly

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each encampment; strong (wind); fierce; intermittent

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

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