jpdb beta

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

7

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

1

rage; fury

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

one way or the other; either way

1

had better ...; may as well ...

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self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

2

to lock

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to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

1

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

2

ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

1

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

3

aunt

2

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

to give one's life; to lay down one's life

2

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

the Four Books (Confucian texts)

1

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

to appease; to suppress; to calm

1

tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)

1

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

2

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

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)

1

to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

1

in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

1

back; behind; rear

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to be frank; to drop all pretense

1

to serve; to do

2

ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction

2

just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment

1

simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

3

water well

3

fine product; masterpiece

1

to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

1

presentation (e.g. of a gift)

1

to offer for sale; to put on the market

1

500; five hundred; many

4

buying price; cost price; purchase price

1

to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

1

excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem

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