jpdb beta

(written) explanation; explanatory label (e.g. in a museum); information sign (e.g. at a tourist spot); instructions (e.g. for a product)

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wooden; made of wood

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with a creak; with a squeak; (packing) tightly; with a squeeze; relentlessly (criticize, complain, etc.); severely

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fold; bend; broken part

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with a clatter; clatteringly

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good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality

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feel; touch

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to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

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earnings

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male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji

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small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-

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article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since

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to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

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private war

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large army

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group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team

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metropolis; large city

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patient

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siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

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as a child; when one was a child

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mother

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comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

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how much

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hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)

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talisman; amulet; charm

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half a year; six months

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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post-natal; since birth

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme

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to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

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boy; son; baby boy; young man

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co-sleeping; sleeping together

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unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

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hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!

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to interrupt; to butt in

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earnest; kind; sincere

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just the other day; quite recently

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beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

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already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely

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pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

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to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive

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on the right as one faces (it)

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loud voice

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dim; dusky; gloomy

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transferring the capital

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halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory

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