jpdb beta

letter by letter; character by character

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reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

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standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum

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dragonfly; damselfly

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dragonfly; damselfly

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fisherman

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kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

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missus; missis

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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

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man

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hey; say; look

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to fail to be attentive to

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fair copy; clean copy

2

scribbling; doodling; graffiti

2

mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove)

1

practice writing with a brush; study; learning

2

of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune

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Buddhist (household) altar

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Amitabha

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving

1

number of nights

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to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

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race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku

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Earth Monkey (45th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1908, 1968, 2028)

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to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

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rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

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busy; having no (free) time

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next year; following year

2

to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

2

instinctive; instinctual

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to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

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we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes

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in those days

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doesn't even exist

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worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

2

getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

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Hoshina Masayuki

2

to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult

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secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment

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to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

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(not) even for a moment

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to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

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absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

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epidemic

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sudden death

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Emperor of Japan

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Son of God; child of an emperor

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daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)

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