jpdb beta

provincial dialect; local accent

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your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)

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shopping; purchased goods

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usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

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white tabi

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day after day; day by day

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going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing

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intervening

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dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

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cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

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kettle

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kettle

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to look old; to get old

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pail; bucket

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lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill

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key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

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run; race

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double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

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three words

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simple; brief

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describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

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light; faint; pale; fleeting

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roadside

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on the road; side of the road; roadside

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at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally

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how long; how far; how much

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no artificial coloring added (foods, drinks, etc.)

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simple; quiet

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transparent; clear

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bright red; deep red

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bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

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to daub; to smear

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flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

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to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

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ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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agency of fate; power of fate; La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny

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irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon

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purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number

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zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals

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light; lamp; torch

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flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

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to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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