jpdb beta

vanguard; advance guard

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hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

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Bryan Adams

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refrain

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lying face down; upside down; prone

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

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to follow another's example

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taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

3

ramp; slope

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training (animals); breaking (animals)

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racehorse

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to raise one's voice; to shout

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basis for decision; evidence for judging

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to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

house; building

1

go that far; to that extent

3

samurai residence

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wall; fence

1

perspective

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

1

extra; excess; surplus

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

(not so) much; (not) very

2

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

1

old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

1

old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home

1

mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen

1

appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

1

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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reporter

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triangle; triangular shape

1

space (room, area, outer space)

1

running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally

1

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

1

bathroom

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to invite in; to show someone in

1

bedroom

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excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling

1

Japanese-style room

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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commencing with; including

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to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

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zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

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quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon

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low dining table; tea table

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