jpdb beta

toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)

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to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up

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fierce attack

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jab (esp. in boxing)

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lower limit; infimum

2

opening; gap; dried and opened fish

2

to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease

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formula; equation; method of calculation; calculus

2

waxing and waning (of the Moon)

4

(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired

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full moon

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leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

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to be a problem

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please; please give me; please do for me

1

first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)

5

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

2

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

1

slow pace

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to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good

1

having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal

1

person who attended a nursery school as a child (as opposed to a kindergarten)

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diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger

2

faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

1

meeting for reading research papers

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printer

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to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

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coarse; rough; bulky

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attendance

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flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle

4

earthworm

1

section of village

1

deciphering; decoding

1

to transcribe; to copy

1

script; libretto; scenario

2

to rust; to become rusty

1

mwahahaha (evil laughter)

1

straight line; beeline

1

desperate

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to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice

1

prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory

1

Forever (Spice Girls album)

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(power) transformer; trance; trans

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microscopic

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macroscopic; comprehensive; all-including; broad

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urgent business; pressing need; imperative

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relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance

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clarification; definition

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most important

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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out of fuel

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