jpdb beta

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work

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being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)

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to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail

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Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak

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to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

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district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

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abundant (grain) crop; good harvest

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here and there; everywhere

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event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening

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tourist

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to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

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harmonious; intimate

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parent and child

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

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one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

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to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)

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muffled voice

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to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on

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large landowner; major landowner; great landowner

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only daughter

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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elopement; running away with a lover

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incessant working; working non-stop

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pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

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to trick; to cheat; to deceive

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to soothe; to calm; to pacify

2

confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

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difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap

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to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

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slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down

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to writhe (in agony)

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ice pop; icy pole; popsicle; ice lolly

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to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

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surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully

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woman on top (sex position); cowgirl position

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to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

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difficult to speak about

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as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

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figure eight; figure of eight

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two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages

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woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

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throughout the body

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to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer

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to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

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greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)

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to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

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being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing

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deep emotion; strong feelings

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to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

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