jpdb beta

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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grinning; smirking

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

2

rice ball

3

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

1

carefree; free from worry

2

(a) look; gaze

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

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lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

solid (body); solid matter; solid food

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

3

imperial court

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resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

2

one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work

1

smile

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

1

beside; nearby

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uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

1

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

1

grain of rice

1

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

1

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

3

meal; dinner; diet

2

thanks; gratitude

2

one's mind

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to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

4

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

3

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

1

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

1

wearing one's hair knotted in the back

1

discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony

2

to understand; to be satisfied; to be convinced

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

(Western) soup

2

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

1

bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

1

for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

3

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

1

smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

to vomit; to spit out

1

ill-mannered; rude

1

to be palatable; to suit one's taste

1

to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

1

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

4

juice; sap; soup; broth

2

to swallow; to gulp down

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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