jpdb beta

to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat

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to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

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to shake one's head (in denial)

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resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

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invitation; introduction; temptation

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shoulder length hair

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with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

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natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

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engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

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anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

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another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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desk

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such ... as; or some such

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lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

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impression

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bedtime

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

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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slightly; faintly

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electricity; (electric) light

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

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to be transparent; to show through

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back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison

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talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish

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to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

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lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching

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natural; natural (sign)

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)

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devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)

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to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

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to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely

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to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

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to blank out; to panic

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parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

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to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

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to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

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to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

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