jpdb beta

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

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at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

3

grim face; angry look

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

2

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

2

this evening; tonight

2

gigantic peak; kyoho grape; large purple-black slip-skin grape variety, like Concord grapes

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bamboo shoot

2

boil in water

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to enjoy (oneself)

2

agricultural community; farm village; rural

1

custom

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price; cost

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

local history

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

1

feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

1

fully loaded; full load; loaded condition

1

you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother

2

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

vacant house; unoccupied house

2

municipal office; council; city hall

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service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

downtown

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convenient; handy; useful

3

this area; around here

1

peach (Prunus persica)

5

producing area

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

1

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

1

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

dust

1

-ish; -like

1

mountain

4

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

hereabouts; around here

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

snake; serpent; large snake

2

if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose

1

very much; exceedingly; extremely

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healthy; sound; wholesome

2

eight o'clock

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