jpdb beta

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

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to lay out a futon; to make a bed

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to turn the lights off

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good night

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(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap

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to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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electricity; (electric) light

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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

periodic; regular; routine

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futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

2

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

2

good morning

1

to beat; to gain a point; to upset

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

2

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

1

single word; a few words; brief comment

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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

1

forgetting; lapse of memory

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on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

1

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

1

to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

1

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

1

ocher (colour); ochre

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dress

2

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage

1

lump of earth; clod

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

to bury in the ground

1

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

1

one hand

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

1

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

1

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

1

lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

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in one's imagination

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to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

2

ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)

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ball of mud; dirt ball

2

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

deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard

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to bear fruit

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hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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