jpdb beta

reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

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hee hee hee; hi hi hi; chuckling; snickering

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(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

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to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

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feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing

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Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)

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in the mountains; among the mountains

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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one's remaining years

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to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

1

Worcester sauce; Worcestershire sauce

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to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

height; acme; extremity; end; limit

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to come to like a lot; to fall in love

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to be curious; to wonder; to marvel

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between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

4

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

1

speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost

1

plundering; exploitation

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demi-glace (type of brown sauce)

1

before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future

1

iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

1

massage

4

beatitude; supreme bliss

2

fortunately; luckily

1

lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)

1

manly; masculine; like a man

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elbow

2

milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk

1

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

1

buttermilk

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to tear; to rip

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to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

2

hundred points; perfect mark

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prize for perfect attendance

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pianist

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to become less capable

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to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

judgment; judgement; discernment

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amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

2

mental fatigue; worry; boredom

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emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence

3

heart-shaped

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

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vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point

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