jpdb beta

reader

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standard; basis; principle

1

delicious; appetizing; appetising

1

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

2

chastity; virtue; fidelity

2

defend and maintain; support; protection

1

each; respectively

2

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

1

simple; brief

1

course; route; path; process; means

1

general statement; outline

1

adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

helper; assistant; help

2

pungent taste

1

making a living copying or writing

1

indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating

1

shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige

1

selfish

1

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

1

to look around; to look towards (us)

2

how many months

1

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

1

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

2

Yamato; Japan

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

2

to search for; to seek for; to look for

1

sedge-woven (bamboo) hat

2

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

1

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

1

best pupil; leading disciple

1

to give; to do ...

1

to run up to

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black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

1

black kite (Milvus migrans); Inverness cape; filcher; sneak thief

1

aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food

1

to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench; to distort (the truth)

1

to be hesitant; to feel timid

1

important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility

3

residence; mansion

2

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

3

nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

4

everyone; anyone; no one

1

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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morning and evening; all the time

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master swordsman

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