jpdb beta

note; memo; memorandum

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boarder; boarding student

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

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to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

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after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

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attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

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hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

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dice; die

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gambling

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taboo; contraindication

1

sake barrel; sake cask

1

to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side

2

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

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pit of the stomach; solar plexus

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lower region; lower part; region below

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

to stoop; to bend over

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nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

3

backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)

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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

2

level ground; plain; flatland

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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city

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in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever

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a certain ...; some ...

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chance; opportunity

2

getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

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to lose all customers (visitors, etc.)

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founding of a nation

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in one's own way or style

3

large number (of); many; majority

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stability; steadiness; consistency; stable

2

hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)

5

to be profitable; to yield a profit

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spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence

2

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

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engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

2

arms; weapon; ordnance

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(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)

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