jpdb beta

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

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occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

2

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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every year; yearly; annually

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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opinion; view; comment

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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

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plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

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suffix for familiar person; indicates emphasis; (arch.) prostitute

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top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

4

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

2

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

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par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity

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you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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because of; owing to; due to

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the other day; lately; recently

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something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment

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area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

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disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

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warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance

2

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

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to be silent; to say nothing

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children

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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

5

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

3

love; affection

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to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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chief; head

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which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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to choose; to select

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as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

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or; or else

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on

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home; family; household

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compatibility; coexistence; standing together

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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