jpdb beta

eardrum; tympanic membrane

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lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

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eyelid

2

portrait

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fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days

2

with a grin

2

both sides

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Pella

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earlobe

2

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)

3

ancient times

2

oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin

1

stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)

1

the Sun, the Moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

3

to turn completely into; to become completely

1

evening sun; setting sun

1

ardent; passionate; vehement

3

memory; ability to remember

5

habit-forming; habitual

1

transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

4

pathologic; pathological

3

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

1

stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)

1

in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

1

bright person; talented student; prodigy

2

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

4

small; fine; detailed; stingy

3

to continue writing

1

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

1

inner glow or light; deep gloss or luster (lustre)

1

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

2

scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

3

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

5

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

6

for a while; for some time; for a period

2

straight line; beeline

2

minuteness; one millionth

1

possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit

8

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

3

illiteracy

3

senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

1

lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)

1

crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic

1

excellent poem (tanka, haiku, etc.); famous poem; superb rendition of a poem

1

one knee

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

3

Shylock

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