jpdb beta

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

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quartz; glass

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clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

2

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

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window

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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finger; toe; digit

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ah; oh; hey!

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fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance

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(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

2

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

1

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

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Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

first 10 days of month

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town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

1

cross; crossed; cruciform

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the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

2

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

2

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

1

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

1

autumn; fall

1

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

1

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

to feel; to sense

1

(imperial) reign; period

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

marble

1

footpath; walkway; sidewalk

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

1

way; method; means

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

1

politician; statesman

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arrest; apprehension; capture

1

bill of indictment

2

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

1

it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves

1

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

1

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

1

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

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