jpdb beta

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

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mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

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sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top

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incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

3

suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly

1

children

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another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!

1

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)

3

close connection; deep involvement; close relationship

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innumerably; countlessly; (lit.) as abundant as stars

1

does not seem (to be)

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one's own child; one's own children

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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

5

drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)

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drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

with a bang (clash, bump)

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to be too long

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to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

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embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

3

a bit more; a bit longer

1

taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

1

hasty; impatient; restless; rash

1

20 years old

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ten-year-old; ten year old

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age difference; age gap

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way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation

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to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

2

living room (Western style); sitting room

5

to poke; to push

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to hold one's tongue; to shut up

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

1

patting; stroking; caressing

1

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

1

to head home; to leave for home

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slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

1

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

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

1

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow

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powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

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surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

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to push aside; to brush aside

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to keep running

2

main street; avenue; boulevard

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