jpdb beta

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

2

liquid

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to wrap up

4

blue sky

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to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

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injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

1

to rely on

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

1

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

1

nose

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mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

3

such-and-such a place

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent

3

within a school

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monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

2

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

2

management; administration; operation

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

1

Board of Education

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report; paper; reportage

1

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

1

don't you think?; indicates question

1

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

1

unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

3

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

2

to begin to walk; to set out

1

(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

1

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

4

short (of a person)

1

to stoop; to bend over

1

boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

1

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

3

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

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mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

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shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

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