jpdb beta

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

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little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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maidservant

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young girl; lass; adolescent female

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

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than; from; out of; except; but; more

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nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

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descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

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next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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retainer; subject; vassal; servant

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and; as well as

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kindness; favour; favor; hospitality

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

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one's person

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only; nothing but

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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reign; being on the throne

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adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

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to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

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to become; to amount to

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shame; embarrassment; disgrace

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to say; to be called; to do

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to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home

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Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)

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frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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(arch.) charmed and cursed; something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

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ideal; ideals

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bringing up; raising

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

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white

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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

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inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

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