jpdb beta

to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

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youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

2

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

3

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days

1

to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

2

shoji (paper sliding door)

3

reception room; parlor; parlour

4

Japanese-style room

3

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

2

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

1

disorder; disturbance; unrest

3

to wipe the slate clean; to start anew

2

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

4

school register

1

in that respect; on that point; in that regard

3

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

3

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

to attack; to assault; to assail

1

essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

2

pile; accumulation

4

technical skill; ability; capacity

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

successor

1

(social) position; status

4

to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

1

fate; chance

3

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

2

(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

2

singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects

1

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

3

what date?; what's the date?; when?

1

long hand; minute hand

1

short hand; hour hand

1

as usual; as normal

1

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

2

sleep

1

the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality

2

to arouse criticism; to provoke; to cause a controversy; to give rise to hostile comment

1

blister; corn

3

awe; fear; dread; fright

2

to change; to replace

1

pit babe; paddock girl; grid girl

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

2

underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

1

to fly in the air

1

five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life

1

pair; the two; both persons; both things

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