jpdb beta

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

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even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

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instead; but (on the other hand)

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to have a relationship; to have relations

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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escalation

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

timing

2

was

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even now; still; as yet

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

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safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

to become fraught with emotion

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simultaneously; all at once; in unison

2

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

1

other than; excluding; without

1

going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out

1

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish

1

early afternoon

1

reading and writing

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

2

to become inverted; to become reversed

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turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse

3

common; frequent

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patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

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unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen

1

being fond of children; person who likes children; being liked by children

1

complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)

1

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

1

to cross swords (with)

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formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

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heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing

1

shopping; purchased goods

4

soon; shortly; before long

2

physical

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way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

1

don't worry about it; forget about it

1

repeat; repeating; repeat (broadcast); rerun; repeat sign; repeat consumption

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stealthily; secretly; in secret

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shadow; tail; following

3

basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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note; memo; memorandum

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street corner

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to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

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