jpdb beta

tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony

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first; new

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gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

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to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

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in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way

2

to look forward to

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the following; next

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to blow through; to blow across

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engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

3

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

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to be exhausted; to be worn out

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seasonal word (in haiku)

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array; muster; line-up; full force

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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neighborhood association; neighbourhood association

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to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

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kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

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one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

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just the two of them

2

healthy; sound; wholesome

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wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

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particularly; only; in the case of

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

2

drawing paper

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magic marker; felt-tip pen

3

forest; shrine grove

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bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

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special effects; SFX; tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)

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monster

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

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feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

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subject; theme

3

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

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to show each other

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choice; selection

2

fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

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apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

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landlord; landlady

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talk about divorce or separation

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scribble; scrawl

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counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

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suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

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discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

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facing; opposite; across the street; other side

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