jpdb beta

reason; pretext; motive

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theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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anthropology

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study; research; investigation

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to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

2

several tens

1

mankind; humanity

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

new species; new variety

1

discovery; detection; finding

1

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

2

machine

2

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

4

addition; supplement; appending; appendix

1

this and that; one thing or another

1

doughnut; donut

4

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

cover; lid; cap

1

bride

1

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

1

history

1

various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

1

origin; beginning; source; rise

1

ancient Egypt

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sugar

3

wheat flour

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

pancake mix; hotcake mix

1

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

1

permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

2

after; later

1

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

1

sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

1

eating habits

1

Western style

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

2

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

foreign country

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pancake

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