jpdb beta

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

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native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings

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to comfort; to console; to amuse

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amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP

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hearsay

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real experience; actual observations

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unforgettable

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quirky; idiosyncratic

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escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

3

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

2

main body (of an army); main force; these troops

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chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

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commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

3

wooden box; wooden crate

6

cross; cruciform

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gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)

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to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy

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astrology; horoscope

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player (of a sport); athlete; team member

2

good news

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to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

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strawberry field; strawberry patch

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field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

1

lighting up; illumination; floodlighting

3

crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration

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bedside

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seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

open wide; say 'aah'

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gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

3

yearned for; longed for; missed

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kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar

2

place of origin; habitat

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to be popular

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apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

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gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up

1

trivial; not amounting to much

1

scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

1

the opposite direction; the other way

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synchronization; synchronized swimming

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to tighten; to press hard

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corset

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to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

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slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression

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band; belt

2

(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern

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quickly; swishing; whooshing

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advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

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fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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