jpdb beta

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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two ken (approx. 3.6m)

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old clothes; secondhand clothing

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

3

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

2

large padded kimono

6

one month

4

to finish sewing

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rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

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for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

2

indispensable; essential; necessary

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bedding; bedclothes

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raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

2

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

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science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)

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sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

4

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

sawmill

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housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

1

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

2

benefactor; patron

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rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

2

suicide

2

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

1

to worry

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whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

2

to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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to begin to speak

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hello; good day; good afternoon

1

just now; a little while back; a short time ago

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

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sense of liberation; feeling of freedom

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it serves you right

2

banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up

1

to let out a cry; to break forth

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to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

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like this; in this way; as you see

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intuitive

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essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

1

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

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bank; coast; shore

4

back (of body)

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to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back

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wheat straw; barley straw

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hat; cap

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gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin

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to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)

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