jpdb beta

joke

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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

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teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)

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the way back; the way home; return trip

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to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

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training; drill; practice; discipline

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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imperial visit

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

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proud; elated

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to indicate; to show; to point to

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harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid

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hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

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curt; blunt; cold; short

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to be discouraged; to shrink from

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to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

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honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

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to knit (one's eyebrows)

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

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good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression

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(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

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ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

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mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

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cover; lid; cap

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to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

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to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect

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complexity

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casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

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from the beginning

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close; intimate; on good terms

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thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

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unexpectedly; surprisingly

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to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

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partition; distinction

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to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind

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to share

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

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to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

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secret; secrecy

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it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

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each and every; all

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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