jpdb beta

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

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

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

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bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution; (arch.) receiving a blessing

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prayer; supplication

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care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

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make-up

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schedule

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final form

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to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

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the person himself

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

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really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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the same generation; coeval

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boy; son; baby boy; young man

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something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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

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tree climbing

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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inspection; observation

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quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

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convenient; handy; useful

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lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

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how (can); by what means

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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why; how

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as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

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jealousy; envy

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coincident with; while; simultaneously

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consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

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sprout; bud; shoot

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new moon; crescent moon

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banquet; dinner party

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attempted assassination

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awarding ceremony

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arbitrator; mediator; go-between

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uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)

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disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe

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to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

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tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

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meaning; significance; sense

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royal capital; imperial capital

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to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

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father and daughter

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to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)

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for this reason

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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