jpdb beta

written invitation

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puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly

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to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

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sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

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editor (in publishing, etc.)

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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish

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poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful

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suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

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soft roe; milt; albino

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to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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mood

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cane; walking stick; staff; wand

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your body; your health; yourself; you

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to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

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reflected light

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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empty space; empty sky

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bhava (becoming, existence)

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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mother-of-pearl

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release; emission; ejection

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magician; conjurer

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public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

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young lord or prince

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birth rate

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mermaid; merman

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headship of a family; family property

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consists of; comprises; is made up of

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(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice

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blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body

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(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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to live long; to survive

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in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

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(arch.) I; you

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)

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drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)

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eleventh day of the month; eleven days

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to catch a cold

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to go mad

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to dry out and crack

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mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

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to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

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