jpdb beta

fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail

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to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)

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to put on heavy makeup; to powder heavily; to paint thickly; to paint beautifully

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partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

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deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)

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home delivery (of food); outside catering

2

pleasure quarter

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day and night

1

seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi

5

empty stomach; hunger

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

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salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

2

boil in water

2

can; tin; canned food

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standing; reserve; always having ready

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opening fully; full throttle; full power

1

to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

2

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

1

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

1

to be greedy; to devour greedily

1

resolute; determined; bold

1

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

to set (sun); to become dark

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

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to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

1

chopsticks

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working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances

1

that is; namely; i.e.

2

officer below the rank of major; company officer

1

gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent

1

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

1

to lay out a futon; to make a bed

1

dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

1

imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

1

women's goods

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light

1

to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

1

difficult problem; challenge

1

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

1

call of nature; urge to urinate or defecate (esp. to defecate)

1

to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

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freely; right and left; as one pleases

1

above the ceiling

2

to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about

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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

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curved; forming the shape of an arch

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