jpdb beta

small scale

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to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

2

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

1

comedy

1

motif

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Grimm's Fairy Tales

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many; numerous

1

sail

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to be fulfilled; to be satisfied

1

for the first time in one's life

3

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

1

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

4

to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away

3

abashment; bashfulness

1

suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

3

itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy

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impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness

3

outside world; physical world

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after staying up all night

2

nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms

1

lullaby

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in very small pieces

3

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

2

to be hairy (of a person); to be thickly bearded; to be dense (of vegetation); to be thick; to be slow (of a person); to be dull

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to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

1

to be hungry

1

to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)

1

after; later

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

sunny place; in the sun

2

slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

1

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

4

to peel off and fall; to flake away

1

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

1

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

1

four people

1

great-great-grandfather

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generation; lifetime; age

1

ancestor

1

doubling (repeatedly); multiplying

1

family tree; pedigree; genealogy

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

reduction by half; halving

1

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

to die; (lit.) to become earth

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

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suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

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