jpdb beta

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

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worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

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blues

2

cow shed; cattle barn

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How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

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Janice

3

great adventure

2

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

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to shorten (a garment); to take in

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

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evening meal

2

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases

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secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen

1

dust

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

paper-thin (difference)

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to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

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trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

1

calf; small cow

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

1

milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

1

sour; acid

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careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

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brushing; blushing (blotchiness or milkiness in paint applied to a surface)

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

2

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

1

to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

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Crossroads

2

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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founder; originator; pioneer

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source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

2

origin

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Robert

2

intimacy; affection; familiarity

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great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

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relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

2

acquaintance; friend

1

cellar; basement

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antiquity; ancient times

2

connection; link; relationship

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in the end; at the end of the day

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order; discipline; regularity; system; method

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