jpdb beta

grim face; angry look

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next; next person; (arch.) room adjoining a noble's parlor

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one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

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rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

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unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

2

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

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reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

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to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

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distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

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sphere; globe; orb; ball

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(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy

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thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey

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to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

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to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

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liquefaction; liquefy

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because of this

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spider's thread; spider silk

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hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation

3

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

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to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

2

to request earnestly

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to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

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not worth considering; out of the question

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advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)

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backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup

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certainly; surely; definitely

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flash of lightning; flash of a sword; brandishing a sword

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lady; ready

2

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

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to live; to make a living; to get on with

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reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel

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one's supply of arrows

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teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

2

to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

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white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright

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dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

2

to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

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apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

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(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?

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unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

3

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

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common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

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borrowing; debt; loan

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appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence

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to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge

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wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

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