jpdb beta

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

4

traditional

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hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor

3

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

2

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

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to take a breath; to take a short rest

4

somehow or other

2

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

8

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

12

why; how

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to carry; to bring (to a place)

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

8

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

1

sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

3

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

4

palm (of one's hand)

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bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

2

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

4

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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way; method; means; (technical) specification

4

don't you think?; indicates question

4

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

1

boarding; wooden floor

3

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

3

ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

1

soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

10

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

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mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

1

see-through; sheer

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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light; faint; pale; fleeting

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Shangri La (from Lost Horizon, 1933 novel by James Hilton); Shangri-La

1

oh, yes?; really?

2

comb

2

sneeze

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wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

2

to become completely chilled

1

zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

10

towel

9

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

2

thank you; thanks

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to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree

9

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

5

what's that?; what the...

1

pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over

3

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

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