jpdb beta

inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential

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nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement

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rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

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to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

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slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

2

way; method; means; (technical) specification

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low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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high frequency; HF

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low frequency

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sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

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be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)

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bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

2

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

3

imposing stance; daunting pose

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end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

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saviour; savior; messiah

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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billowing (clouds, dust)

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to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

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hell

3

lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

1

Buddhism

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

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product; produce; result; fruit

1

to mediate; to intervene

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

5

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

2

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

3

after

2

sour look; surly face; pout

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seeming sad

5

to come back

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to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

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to sit down

2

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

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