jpdb beta

adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter

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direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

blip bleep

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armor; armour

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behind; in the rear; in back

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standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

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thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor

2

everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen

1

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

1

appearance; look; dress

5

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

1

skill; dexterity; master hand

1

be; is

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(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

1

edged tool; cutlery

1

scar

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to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

2

pinioning; binding arms behind the back

2

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

2

(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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(made of) stone; stone-built

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interior; inside; internal

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ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

5

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

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to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

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(mouth) gag

2

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

2

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

2

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

2

rope; cord; policeman's rope

1

fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

7

to recover consciousness; to come to

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

2

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

1

stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice

4

sun god

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like; as if; the same as

2

perfect; complete; flawless

2

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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rock door (to a cave)

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holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

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(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

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