jpdb beta

joke; jest; gag

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good news; happy news; glad tidings

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reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

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in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

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to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

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cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK

1

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

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preparation; arrangements

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trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse

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holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own

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just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

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to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

2

well; now; then

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play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

1

moderate

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

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

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to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

3

noise; sound

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to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

table tennis; ping-pong

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all of Japan; the whole of Japan; all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships; Japan national team

1

doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.)

1

lively motion; throb

1

beauty

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really

1

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

1

both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

1

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

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

1

platoon

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

1

to find out; to discover; to locate

1

to prepare for death; to get ready to die

1

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

1

now that; since; as long as; provided that

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

3

to lose sight of; to miss

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

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consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

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unnecessary; unneeded

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

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fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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