jpdb beta

cooked rice; something one never grows tired of

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three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

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age difference; disparity in age; age gap

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excessive; too much; unreasonable

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kanji; Chinese character

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coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

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watchdog; guard dog

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dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

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wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

3

farmer; agriculturalist

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first lady

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Jew; Jewish person

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

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resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)

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casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

4

reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency

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to gasp in surprise

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asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry

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sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

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embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

1

mutual enemies

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escort (e.g. under guard); convoy

1

marriage fraud; fake marriage

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

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red rust

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touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag

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domestic duck

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(machine's) service life

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customer service smile

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kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

4

safety belt; seat belt; seatbelt

1

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

2

whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

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squeak; creak

2

dentist

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to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

3

healthy; sound; wholesome

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feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly

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vocal duet

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close; intimate; on good terms

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suspension bridge effect; phenomenon where someone in fear or surprise mistakes their physiological response as romantic arousal

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memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

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returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

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to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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daughter

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modest; humble

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