jpdb beta

taking someone away by force; transportation (e.g. for forced labor); forced transport (e.g. to a police station)

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hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

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osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

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superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article

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brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy

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cheek meat

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

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evil god

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curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

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without

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string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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made of cloth

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

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whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

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playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

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second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

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fourteen; 14

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the babyboomers; the baby boom generation

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

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to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

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to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

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to change (one's clothes)

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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real harm; actual damage

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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what is it?

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nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

1

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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feigned ignorance; pretending not to know

1

lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love

1

to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)

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flashback

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back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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pinpoint

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen

1

room to let; room for rent

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meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)

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to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)

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origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

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cheek

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happy ending

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one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

1

balcony

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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

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