jpdb beta

stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

4

alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

1

to bite; to sink one's teeth into; to nip

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reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)

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to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

4

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

2

to make a sound

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to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

2

to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward

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to be greedy; to devour greedily

1

like this; in this way; as you see

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

3

paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka

2

ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey

1

to vomit; to spit out

2

dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

1

valuable article; valuables

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to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

1

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

2

to drop one's shoulders

3

to taste; to try (food or drink)

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alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)

1

camping; campground; making camp

3

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

3

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

4

to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

2

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

4

open air

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decision; determination; resolution

2

elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

6

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

4

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

2

pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

to complain; to make a complaint

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intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

4

percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

2

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

2

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

2

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing

3

to glare at; to scowl at

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longevity; long life

1

suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

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to begin to walk; to set out

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

3

to hesitate; to waver

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