jpdb beta

taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism

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chess

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amber (colour, color)

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backgammon

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formal; orthodox; in earnest

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rule

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favourite musical instrument, utensil, etc.

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to waste time; to kill time

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to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

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comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)

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hiding one's embarrassment

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middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

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nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear

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not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

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to stretch out

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bath

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piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness

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disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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hot and cold water; abundant item; plentiful item

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to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

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toxin; poisonous substance

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lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

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evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection

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specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet

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buoyancy; floating power

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puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly

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peach (Prunus persica)

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someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat

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faucet; tap

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guarding; guard

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steamship; steamboat; steamer

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uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)

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mixed; mingled

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since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

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cooking

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arid region

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coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

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pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

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to grieve and moan

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yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman

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to take a hot bath

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considerably; greatly; a lot

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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quick wit; ready wit

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bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

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teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

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to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

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