jpdb beta

way of talking; speaking style

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to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)

1

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

1

light; faint; pale; fleeting

1

camber

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with a thud

1

nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper

1

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

6

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

1

leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)

2

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

3

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

4

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

2

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

5

rock door (to a cave)

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three times

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

4

knowledge; information

1

to jump at; to be attracted by

1

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

1

to hide oneself

2

smoothly; glidingly

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

default

1

to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

1

for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)

1

verbal message; word (from someone)

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

example; role model

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

power

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

3

(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

2

easy to understand

4

thickly; densely; luxuriantly

1

with a flap; with a snap; with a thud; with a crash; with a swish; with a rustle

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

4

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

discovery; detection; finding

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