jpdb beta

bright; intelligent

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cake served with tea; teacake

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(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court

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office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

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wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)

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treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

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to have (something) innate; to be born with

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makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

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to raise one's voice; to shout

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to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

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album

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these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

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vampire; bloodsucker

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to be reflected in a mirror

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(following) a pragmatic (policy) line (approach)

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weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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moaning; muttering; complaining

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meandering; winding

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

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the very image of health itself; picture of health

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to go ahead; to pull ahead

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early morning

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sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

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I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

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independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

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standard; set; routine; decided

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maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes

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will to work

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for use by women

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doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

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diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

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washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)

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gargling; rinsing one's mouth

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to take a break

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great eater; glutton

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

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Girls' Day; Dolls' Festival; Hinamatsuri; menstrual day; menstrual period

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cheap sweets

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(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

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to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

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cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

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nasal congestion; nose being clogged up

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sore throat

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having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep

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Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely

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keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

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