jpdb beta

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

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this much; this amount

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to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

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to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

2

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

3

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

5

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

1

Mr (junior); master; boy

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

4

to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good

2

male instincts; male frivolity

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to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

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one's personal opinion

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

now that you say that; now that you mention it

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dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

1

school term; semester

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

1

address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile

1

comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage

1

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

memory; ability to remember

2

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

yuck; vomit; vomiting

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to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue

1

reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

1

chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

1

to be lacking in options; to be too few

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

4

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

2

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

1

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

1

scholar

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otherwise; or else; if not

2

politician; statesman

1

necessary condition; requirement

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader

2

needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune

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to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

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lost article

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to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

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by all means; at all costs; absolutely

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