jpdb beta

samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

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lively motion; throb

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feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

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wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

2

oval shape; egg shape

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gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)

4

stimulating; exciting; provocative

1

unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box

1

everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

1

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

1

bell; bel; B

1

acceleration; speeding up

1

sound of a motor

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volume (sound)

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to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

1

pearl

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

decorative ceiling painting

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to go past; to pass; to pass by

2

power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity

1

wooden; made of wood

1

the oldest

1

class; heading; group; category

1

one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)

1

romantic

1

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

1

mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

event; function

1

primary school; elementary school; grade school

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)

1

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

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

1

pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

1

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

1

overseas assignment; overseas posting

1

to stretch (one's body)

1

hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy

3

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

1

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

1

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

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