jpdb beta

to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)

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to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

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kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)

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to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

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old magazines

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life

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medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor

1

exclusively doing ...; person who exclusively does ...; fetish for ...; first; most important thing; number one priority

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blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

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garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)

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counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.

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one house; household

1

frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range

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inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises

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dust

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

2

junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

2

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

2

treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

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store; shop; restaurant

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

3

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

2

eight; 8

3

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

7

guard; lookout; watch

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catch; playing catch

1

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

3

madness; insanity; madman; mania; craze; obsession

2

adult; grown-up

3

preachy; sanctimonious

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; nature (of something); character; kind

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admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

2

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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obedience; submission; resignation

2

parent and child

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giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names

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around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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