jpdb beta

asking oneself

2

cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

4

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

2

to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

2

they; them

3

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

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embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

2

feeble; faint; weak

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

3

continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much

2

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

2

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

artificial eye

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

2

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

to pay attention (to)

3

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

2

is not; am not; are not

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to feel ashamed

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to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

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another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

4

(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

2

to pay attention; to be watchful

1

normal

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

these guys; these fellows

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

4

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

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light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power

6

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

7

absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only

1

clean; clear; pure; honest; clean

3

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

1

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

1

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

1

cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

1

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring

1

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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to limp; to drag one's feet

1

advance; moving forward; progress

1

instant; moment; for an instant

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faltering; hesitation

2

to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

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