jpdb beta

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

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string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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rope; cord; policeman's rope

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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snake; serpent; large snake

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

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mountainous region

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small; little; tiny

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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connection; link; relationship

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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to make sense

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

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feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust

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unbalance; imbalance

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a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

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trace; vestige; evidence

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

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former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)

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wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

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by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

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poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

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moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)

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while; during; while; although; all; both

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continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on

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to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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fifteen; 15

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle); clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

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he; him; boyfriend

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ash; ashes

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returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

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