jpdb beta

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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eyeball

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to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

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shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing

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secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

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vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.); attraction

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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to be relieved; to feel relieved

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point-blank range

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp

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to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

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body (of car); frame

4

falling over; toppling sideways

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emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)

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training wheels; stabilizers

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

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to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

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handle; grip; holder; person who holds

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to end without incident; to not turn into something serious

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to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish

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to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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exchange; conversion

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to rain incessantly; to downpour

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to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

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taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

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a few years ago; some years back

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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while running; while moving; in motion

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to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

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(in) the air; midair; sky

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to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

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probability; likelihood

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succeeding; following; trailing; next

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dump; dump truck

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to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip

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rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up

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chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)

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to stare back at; to look back at

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present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

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order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

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breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

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