jpdb beta

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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to have an eye for

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apathetic; indifferent

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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swelling; boil

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speck; fleck

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion

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absence; disregard; indifference

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circumstances

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letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter

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pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

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to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

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splash; sploosh

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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expectation; assume will happen; forecast

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being startled; getting a shock

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

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to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)

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to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

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making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

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to have a meal; to take a meal

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shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

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to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

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shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom

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pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

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tradition; legend

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revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

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good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

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binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

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dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing

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to break a dam; to burst out

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incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

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disgusting; repulsive

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with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb

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negative; minus

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amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

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to drag in; to pull in

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to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat

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very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

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visitor; caller

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poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

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How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

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to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

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-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

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meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

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