jpdb beta

it's no joke; gimme a break!

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

4

so far as

5

age; years (old)

1

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

5

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

1

troubled face; worried expression

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

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to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

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sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

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to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

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to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)

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feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance

3

cannot be helped; unavoidable

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to make up one's mind; to calm oneself; to be patient; to endure

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

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to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

in accordance with; according to

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to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

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holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night

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ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

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monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

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notice; notification; memorandum; circular

2

to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err

1

main temple building

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great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

2

stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

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to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

5

heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron

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sedge hat and straw rain cape

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for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

7

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)

1

straw raincoat

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to grasp tightly

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instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; model; exemplar; normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college

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the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

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to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

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to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress

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study; pursuit of knowledge

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one drop (of fluid)

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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to sidle up to

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take care of yourself; get well soon

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yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan

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to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)

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to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

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(how) many times; (how) often

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scriptural text; scriptures; sutras

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