jpdb beta

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

like; similar to; as with; in the same way

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

2

to grasp tightly

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

son

3

summer term (e.g. school); summer period

2

short course; training

2

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

2

to pretend; to feign

1

months (period of)

1

cooperation; collaboration

1

search for corroborative evidence

1

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

2

originally; by nature; from the start

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

1

signature

7

sincerity; good faith

1

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

1

posture; stance

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

1

sounds

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

tableware

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force

3

witnessing; observing; sighting

1

last night; yesterday evening

2

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

2

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

2

delivery

2

further; above; anymore

1

determination; resolution

1

moment; second; instant

1

pitch black

1

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

3

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

before long

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canned beer; can of beer

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

4

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

1

(crime of) abandonment of a corpse; abandoning a dead body

2

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

1

to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

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