jpdb beta

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

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place of employment

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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to become better; to improve

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money

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to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

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exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

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price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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mother

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one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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to make an appearance

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to backfire; to have a harmful result

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pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

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warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

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old cloth; rag

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cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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excuse; explanation

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to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

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learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

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yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

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rare; uncommon

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about when; about what time; how soon

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jealous; envious

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wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

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by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

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odd; strange; queer; peculiar

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

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to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

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to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

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peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

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(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

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soft voice

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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