jpdb beta

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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

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Tazaemon

1

reluctant (to part)

1

go home; get out

2

of tender years; very young

1

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

who; what kind of person

5

to pluck; to pick; to tear

1

to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

2

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

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acquaintance

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

1

to sell

3

misunderstanding

1

paraphilia; sexual deviancy

1

slight; dim; faint

3

even more; still more; further

1

to cast a shadow

2

to be mistaken for; to be confused with

1

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

2

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

1

earnestly; repeatedly; patiently

1

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

2

straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

1

sex crimes

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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Kamakura (city)

2

prison; penitentiary

1

just a minute; small quantity

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

4

ticket price

1

to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

1

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

2

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

1

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

2

the very best; utmost

2

wise; clever; smart

3

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

3

prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; (lit.) a walking stick before stumbling

1

to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

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to hang (something) on the wall

1

to feel oneself indebted to

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blue sky

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