jpdb beta

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

house-cloth; dust cloth

2

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

2

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

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a few hours

5

sleep

3

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

13

frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range

1

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

7

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

9

straw-matted room

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low dining table; tea table

6

cupboard or chest for tea implements

1

very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet

2

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

22

meal; dinner; diet

5

visitor; caller

3

full view; plain sight; completely visible

1

draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

1

to bear; to endure

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shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

2

to complain; to make a complaint

4

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

3

paper bag

8

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

8

to leave open

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interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

5

dim; gloomy

12

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

3

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

12

to pass (of time); to elapse

10

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

5

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

7

old cloth; rag

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

14

oneself; myself

6

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

20

to massage

2

to be sooty; to be stained

2

to be confused; to be in disorder; to be chaotic; to have troubles; to be in a dispute; to argue

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to look around; to survey

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four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

2

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

3

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

6

junior high school student; middle school pupil

1

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

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