jpdb beta

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

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look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

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The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)

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Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest

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account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

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duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

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tedium; boredom; ennui

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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

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Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)

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seriously delicious; very skillful; proficient

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to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

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interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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how many years; how long; what year

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

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talent; ability

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meaning; called; said

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if it's the case

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work; job; labor; work

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to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

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hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

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to have the nerve to

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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last night; yesterday evening

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business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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continuation; succession; series

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random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by

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murder case

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offender; criminal; culprit

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black soybean

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usual state of things

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receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

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understood; I see; OK; present; here

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still; even now; to this day

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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decision; settlement; definition

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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pedestrian traffic

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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news

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mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

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net; netting; web

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together; at the same time; same; identical

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New Year's Eve; December 31

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