jpdb beta

romanticist; romantic; dreamer

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limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth

1

seaweed

3

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

perfectly fitting phrase

1

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

1

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

that's right; that's so

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

1

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

2

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

1

to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of

1

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

Euclid

1

rain forest

1

comparatively; relatively

1

quirky; idiosyncratic

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

16

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

1

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

1

retort; back talk; backchat

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

completely relying on others

1

no matter how much time passes

1

we

1

to be dispersed; to get separated

1

olden days; former

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

3

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

rut; wheel track; furrow

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

learning; study

1

good prospects; full of hope; promising

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

1

bad habit; vice

1

to this extent

1

intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous

1

recommendation; endorsement

1

borderline; boundary

1

just because; even if; even though

3