jpdb beta

vertical; perpendicular

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upper end; top; tip; top edge

1

boldness; fearlessness

1

I don't give a damn; that's got nothing to do with me

1

native people; aboriginal; indigenous people

1

adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

1

courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite

1

parody

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crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

1

hanging upside down

2

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

1

inborn; innate; inherent; a priori

1

mythomania; propensity to lie

1

expression; phraseology

1

hating; strongly disliking

1

stupid girl; stupid woman

1

to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

2

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

1

slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance

1

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

2

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

1

guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

1

to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

1

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

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to be boisterously noisy; to do merrily (laughing, chattering, etc.); to shimmer; to ripple; to sparkle

2

steamship; steamboat; steamer

3

(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit

1

defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)

1

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

1

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

1

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

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

classical form of martial art

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courage; nerve; grit

1

to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

1

persuasion

1

blue flame; azure flame

1

suicide by drowning

1

headwind; head wind

1

weight

1

training; drill; practice; discipline

1

on the water; aquatic; waterside; water's edge

1

very dim light

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sequence photographs; serial photographs; photographic strip

1

captivity; imprisonment

1

lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)

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