jpdb beta

blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

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my; our; one's own

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bright; intelligent; clever; smart

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admiration; wonder; astonishment

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to speak; to say; to vocalize

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to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity

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youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

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underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

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mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

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foresight; prescience

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

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glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

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drop (e.g. of water); drip

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to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

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to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

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to lick off; to take (something) off by licking

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watchful waiting; careful supervision

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to nip (something) in the bud

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to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

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to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove

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order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

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as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to

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local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator

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Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

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only; nothing but

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scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

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bedroom

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going to bed; retiring (for the night)

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bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

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just out of the bath

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pomade; balm; perfumed oil

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to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)

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cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

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to weave

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high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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to do

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

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to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot

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locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

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to crawl towards; to creep up to

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hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

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virgin; innocent young woman

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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

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to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

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