jpdb beta

hard worker; hardworking person

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

7

to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)

1

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

1

adds force or indicates command

3

to start eating

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in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

2

to be able to eat; to be able to swallow

2

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

1

Mr (junior); master; boy

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

6

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

1

refusal; rejection

1

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

1

to boost; to force up; to push up

1

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

3

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

1

or; or else

1

hey; say; look

1

really; truly

1

to keep silent

1

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

5

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

2

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

6

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

1

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

1

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

2

showing one's face in public; facing another person

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

1

serious; severe; grave; acute

1

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

2

(doing) as one is told

1

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

1

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

1

lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

downtown

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to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

1

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1