jpdb beta

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

2

that is to say; so that means

2

kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)

1

(convalescent) rest

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sickness and health start with the mind

2

Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia

3

Russia

2

Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

1

permafrost

2

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

2

mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)

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east

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fathom

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Kegon Falls (near Nikko)

4

shortbread

3

sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage

4

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

2

other side; opposite side; other party

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Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu

2

to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

2

to look dead on the inside; to have a blank expression

1

unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access

1

convalescence

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history of; experience of

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degree; extent

1

to shake and untangle; to shake free from

2

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

6

curse; malediction; hex

1

to talk; to speak

1

Sunday

4

early afternoon

4

(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

4

cafe latte; latte

1

latte art

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art

3

what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

2

to show up; to appear; to turn up

3

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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last words recited to the newly departed; requiem; converting people to Buddhism

1

to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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previous remarks

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

2

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

3

studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

3

bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

2

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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