jpdb beta

close contest; close match; close game; close combat

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close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

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you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber

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stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

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full operation

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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preliminary arrangements; spade work

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to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

3

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

4

enclosure; box; siege

1

to be widely known; to be famous

1

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected

1

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

1

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

1

home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning

1

fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

1

what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about

1

no matter how much time passes

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to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

3

strictly speaking

1

standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose

1

to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop

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instinctive; instinctual

2

there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of

2

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

2

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

4

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

2

dream; vision; reverie

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imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)

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selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls

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to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

1

wise saying; maxim

1

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

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to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

3

brave; heroic; gallant

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pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

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chivalry

3

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

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beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful

4

to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end

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supplementary explanation

2

very (extremely) low temperature

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to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)

2

side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)

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to this extent; to this degree; this much; this little

2

calamity; misfortune; disaster

2

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

1

to give the stamp of approval

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tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

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