jpdb beta

to understand each other

1

to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

2

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake

1

harmonious; intimate

1

convention; tired tradition; old custom

1

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

3

trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

1

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

1

friend

1

person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person

1

careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person

1

scatterbrain; absent-minded person; careless person; rash person; hasty person

1

raw metal; unprocessed metal; base metal (for plating); (one's) true character; (one's) true colors

1

at a glance; by accident

2

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

1

eyebrow; eyebrows

2

answer; solution

2

contest; comparison; competition

1

one (thing); one piece; one item

1

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand

1

perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent

1

Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

4

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

spouse; wife; husband; partner

1

premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

1

prematurity

1

low table

1

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

1

flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)

1

one's family; family member

1

reply; answer; response

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

tea with milk

4

to take by surprise

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect

1

skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship

1

inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable; careless

1

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

1

to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up

1

as rumored; as rumoured

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

2

Buddhism's highest paradise

2

hint; clue

1

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

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