jpdb beta

(degree of) maturity

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awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority

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feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

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tableland; plateau

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to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly

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personality-wise; by nature; characteristic

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newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens

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happy memory; sweet memory

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reason for concern

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failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade

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to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

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unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

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remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

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one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line

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activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor

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mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall

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cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching

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manner of Heian-era palatial architecture

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fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching

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wheat bran

2

roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk

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nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

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foreign enemy; outside invader

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nowadays; in this day and age

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equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

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reply; answer; response

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young; youthful

2

roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

2

building with a gabled, hipped roof

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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companion; company

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personality; style; appearance

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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common camellia (Camellia japonica)

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snowflake-shaped family crest

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mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); letter; character

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dark purple; bluish purple

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silk

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dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

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slight yawn

2

transom

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everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn

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pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism

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magnificent; sublime; vigorous; bold

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brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship

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proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)

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everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn

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preachy; sanctimonious

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writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting

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martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)

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