jpdb beta

(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

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long ago; once upon a time

3

lax; lenient; slow

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perfectly round; perfectly circular

2

OK

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being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

1

lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well

1

floral

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(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness

1

female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering

1

highest grade; top class

1

(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

1

(free) sample; promotional gift

1

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

2

to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

4

careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

3

momentary; instantaneous

1

involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

2

to lean against; to recline on

1

snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow

1

object of romantic interest

1

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

3

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

4

facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

1

turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)

3

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

3

often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply

1

bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit

3

lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

3

feigning sleep

4

to be afraid (of); to be frightened (of)

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protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister

4

niece

2

being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed

2

eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

2

meeting; reception

2

one's own house; own; personal; autologous

2

Edo period inspection of rice plants

2

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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silence; stillness; quietness

1

dispersed (of citizens in a war-torn country, etc.)

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till just now

3

horseplay; fooling around

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konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly

2

edible wild plants

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sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

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ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

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