jpdb beta

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

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hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

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tea bag

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extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL

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godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)

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light meal

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array; muster; line-up; full force

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living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot

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great cause; moral law; justice

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first name; given name

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to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

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cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)

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what the hell?; what are you going on about?; what the hell are you doing?; you've got to be kidding

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(giving) instruction; initiation

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to find it hard to say

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one's younger days; when one was young

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éclair; eclair

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academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)

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éclair; eclair

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sneaking a bite; snitching food

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to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

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paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling

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cardboard box; carton; corrugated box

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sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

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how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully

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ordinary person

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nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

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modernization; modernisation

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to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with

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(written) report

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grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

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believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

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supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent

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promotion

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treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning

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inside pocket

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waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

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to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

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worldly; secular

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though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

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long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

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to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

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to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

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secret; private; surreptitious

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to pursue

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unreasonable demand

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to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

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writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

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insectivorous plants; carnivorous plants

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