jpdb beta

to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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hesitation; indecision; vacillation

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to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace

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steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

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(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever

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enshrined deity

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unique; peculiar; singular

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(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine

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shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

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judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

1

they; those guys

1

any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer

1

good opportunity; chance

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

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to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

2

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

1

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

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(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

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dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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practice; practising; training; study

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

1

one-year-old; one year old

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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phantom; vision; illusion

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announcement; notice

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meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

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meaning; called; said

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at times; occasionally

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

2

to be slow in saying

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

1

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

to stop crying; to cry oneself out

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always; all the time

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to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

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to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

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(smile) broadly

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way (of doing); manner; method; means

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

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to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

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