jpdb beta

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)

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shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird

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checking out (of a hotel); check-out

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sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

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to keep a promise; to keep one's word

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to be sticky; to be close together

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person

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careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash

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to grapple

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marking; grading; scoring

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quarrel; dispute

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naturalization; naturalisation

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to interrupt (a person)

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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type of occupation; occupational category

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childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing

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to hold a ceremony

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connection; relation

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traditional Japanese engagement ceremony involving ritual gift exchange between families; ceremonial engagement gifts

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as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

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to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

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difficult problem; challenge

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(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

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to make eye contact

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together; in company

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attaching the familiar suffix "-chan" to someone's name

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to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop

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humor; humour; joke

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Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, art, wealth and water

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shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)

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poor; lame; ill-prepared

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mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

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to be dispersed; to get separated

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to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish

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white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

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manjū with a meat filling; steamed yeast bun with a meat filling

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being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

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trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking

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love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker

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married life; sexual activities (of a married couple); conjugal intercourse; (sexual) intimacy

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(opening) with a clatter; loudly; flinging (open); (changing) completely; dramatically; suddenly

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weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover

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bzzz

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icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait

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confusion; mixing; merger

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pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

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eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

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wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan

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