jpdb beta

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)

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languid; listless

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earthenware pot

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comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)

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steam; vapour; vapor

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rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers)

2

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

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chicken meat

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carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

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(a) few; some; several

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material; ingredient

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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superior child

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several years; a few years

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illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

2

has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)

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unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

2

helper; assistant; help; assistance

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coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)

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Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

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to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

3

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

2

barley tea

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ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it

3

Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto

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name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name

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original home; birthplace; originator

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ochazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it

2

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

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go home; get out

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feelings; thoughts; meaning

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to become hungry

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consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

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quickly; smoothly

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)

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cough cough; with a (wet) cough; violently (coughing)

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to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

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abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

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very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

3

to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

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to keep silent

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gloomy

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

2

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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