jpdb beta

to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you

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intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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furniture

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self; oneself

1

retort; back talk; backchat

1

unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly

1

to sell over to

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restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1

change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest

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self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

2

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

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day and night

1

very much; very many; more and more

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to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

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thunderstorm

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important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty

1

to get used to hearing

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to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

3

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

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collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

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expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit

1

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

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before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God

2

translation; version (e.g. "English version")

1

succession; inheritance

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patience; endurance

2

whatever

2

height (of body); stature

2

counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

2

to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

2

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

1

to kill time

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to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care

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chessboard

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request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

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to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

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cooperation; collaboration

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quickly

2

indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous

2

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

1

acting; performance

3

to ask a high price; to overcharge

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to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue

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