jpdb beta

to pretend

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unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares

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to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

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to doubt one's own eyes

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

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this person

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your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)

1

time; years

2

here and there; in places

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foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

1

to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

1

to look old; to get old

2

forced laugh; forced smile

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to toady; to be obsequious

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from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

2

peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful

2

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

2

trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

3

to smile

2

to be discouraged; to shrink from

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type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

3

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

2

prayer; supplication

2

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

4

dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

2

to talk; to carry meaning

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(taking a) bath; hot spring cure

1

to cleanse oneself

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bedroom

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tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

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time; pause; space; room

2

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

2

to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

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writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

2

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

3

witnessing; observing; sighting

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love affair

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to worry oneself over

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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as anyone can see

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with one's own hands

2

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

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seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

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to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

2

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

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