jpdb beta

matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman

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uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

2

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

3

the place for; the time for; the level of

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overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful

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how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

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shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

2

number one; first; best; most; game; round

11

response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless

1

making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

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

3

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

3

to bring someone along

3

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

2

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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stealthily; secretly; in secret

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to be relieved; to feel relieved

4

originally; by nature; from the start

3

someone; somebody

8

manipulation; puppet

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

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suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal

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(the thing) itself

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

3

in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether

2

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

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state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

5

to accept; to receive; to agree

9

to do so; to do thus

21

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

2

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

1

to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)

3

to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen

1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

5

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

4

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

2

unbarked lumber

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-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

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table

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four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

1

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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finish; finishing; finishing touches

1

here and there; in places

2

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

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