jpdb beta

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

2

if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

1

kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

3

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

4

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)

2

superiority; predominance

6

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

2

penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task

2

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

2

end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot

2

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

4

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

2

shorter way; shortcut

1

step by step; by degrees

1

steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy

1

consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

3

in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should

1

ultrasonic waves; ultrasound

1

sound wave; acoustic wave

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

2

to escape

2

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

4

moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

2

top of the head; crown of the head

1

innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

1

hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried

1

penetration; permeation; transmission

1

thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

4

to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew

1

to be conceited

5

cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

1

to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

to polish one's skills

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old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

2

to make a serious effort

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