jpdb beta

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

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back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

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to push (something) against

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to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

2

while; during (the time when)

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bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

3

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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to force back; to jostle

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

2

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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to cancel; to call off

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relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

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to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

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maybe; could be; might

3

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

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after a long time; for the first time in a while

2

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

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close; intimate; on good terms

1

to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

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probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

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to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

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to look into; to peer in

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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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humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

2

wherein; therein; thereinto

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male friend; man friend

1

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

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absolutely; positively; decidedly

1

prone to adultery; flirtatious

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wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward

3

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

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unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

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to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening

3

indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly

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confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

2

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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