jpdb beta

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

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distinctive; characteristic

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to set (sun); to become dark

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to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

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rest; break; recess; intermission

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running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

1

mushroom

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to carry around; to carry on one's person

2

to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)

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substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour

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light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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

1

several steps

2

light bulb

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it may be because

2

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

you (plural)

3

technique; art; skill; move

1

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

1

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

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to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

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apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

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Japan's best; number one in Japan

4

tragedy; tragic event

1

to cast a shadow

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meaning; called; said

3

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

3

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

2

to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of

2

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

3

office

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performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

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world; society; people; the public

3

ladies' (fashion, etc.); female bōsōzoku gang

1

league; federation; union

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young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku

5

squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

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small animal

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restless; fidgety; in a hurry

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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lesson

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to give up smoking; to stop smoking

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pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

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goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

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