jpdb beta

to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

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buying up of goods; cornering (market)

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everything; anything; nothing

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large burn; large scald

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casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

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quickly; briefly

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pestle

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isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

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to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

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to need; to call for; to require

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wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

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slimy; slippery

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side

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languidly; loosely

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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely

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that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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near; close by; within reach; familiar

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freight car; van

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thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

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size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months

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

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tableware

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thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones

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small teapot

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to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

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to take measures; to take steps

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individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

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cranium; skull

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

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to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language

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ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames

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to smash; to break into pieces

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with a creak; creakily

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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burying alive

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going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent

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ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

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to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

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subterranean tunnel

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exit and entrance

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plan; design; layout

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to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

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accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank

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noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless

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exploration; expedition

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

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