jpdb beta

boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

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back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

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to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

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slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

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before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)

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aha!; yes sir

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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smiling face; smile

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pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

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to show; to display

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

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marriage

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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be; is

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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well then ...; in that situation; in which case

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this family; we; this house

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person

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence

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unexpected; surprising

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manly; masculine; like a man

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indicates question

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burp; belch

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

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weak; feeble

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer

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Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person

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grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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piece; fragment; one (object)

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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