jpdb beta

premium; premiere

1

roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp

1

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

1

to accept (something) with thanks

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being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself

1

cooked white rice

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carbohydrate

1

to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)

1

(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day

1

to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

heartening; reassuring

1

xi

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deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

1

impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing

1

encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)

1

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

1

condition

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cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)

2

unprincipled; inconstant; unscrupulous

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

1

to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

succeeding; following; trailing; next

5

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

2

abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

1

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

2

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

1

scolding; reprimand; lecture

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Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

1

severe; strict; tough; hard

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

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ingrained habit; second nature

1

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

1

to begin talking; to open up

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face

1

tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin

1

chattering; prattling; gooey; messy (from mud, ink, etc.); slushy (e.g. snow)

1

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

2

ouch!

1

one third; a third part

1

last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order

1

sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment

1

to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

1

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

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before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

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target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage

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