jpdb beta

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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one more time; once more; once again

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in search of; in order to look for

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(electric) torch; flashlight

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to soothe; to calm; to pacify

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to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

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hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor

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storehouse; bunker; silo

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leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

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undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat

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to be greedy; to devour greedily

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shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming

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homemade; made in-house; housemade; made on the premises

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dried persimmons

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concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...

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to relax; to feel at home

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privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

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contest; competition; struggle; scramble

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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

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barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding

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to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

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to sit down

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you; dear; honey

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individual; private person; personal; natural person

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disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to

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raw oyster

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food poisoning

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very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling

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to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

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that; the matter in question

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apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

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to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)

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expression; look; countenance; face

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(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life

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to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

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restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting

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kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

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simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

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(unfolded) thin sheet of paper; 200-character writing paper; paper money; note

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one (thin, flat object); one sheet

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to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

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