jpdb beta

quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble

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to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

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weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

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reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression

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influence; clout; leverage

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

4

to be flexible; to be accommodating

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delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

2

for example

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beginning of the year; early in the New Year

1

one after another

2

to dance

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

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to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

study group; study meeting

3

one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

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to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

1

origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

1

return to one's country

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

appearance; expression; manifestation

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

1

fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound

2

form; shape; figure

5

break in the deadlock

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

2

news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

1

slight; little; insignificant

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helping hand; help; support; aid

1

exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

2

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

1

out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do

1

rope; cord; policeman's rope

13

in the trees

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motive; incentive; motif

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lack of experience

2

to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

2

all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern

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to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

2

special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness

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red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

2

expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge

1

10,000; ten thousand

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obstruction; inhibition

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absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer

1

brothel

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to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

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individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic

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