jpdb beta

meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium

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leaping; jumping; spring; exciting

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Sakai

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Hashiba

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bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea

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tea container having pronounced "shoulders" near the neck

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Furuta

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amber; yellowish-brown

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Tokugawa forces

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various containers; miscellaneous receptacles; small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shine are placed

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to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

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glaze; overglaze; enamel

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to mellow; to become softened by maturity

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tea-ceremony procedures

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first anniversary of a person's death

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place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position

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one of these days; someday; one day

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permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)

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arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food

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the other day; some time ago; recently

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mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond

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tea ceremony; chanoyu

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way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword

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a little more

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each time

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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

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Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)

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modest; reserved

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unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice

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all year round; all the time; year in and year out

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our side; we

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to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves

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earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware

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inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry

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knowing

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to bring up under one's personal care

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ability to get things done

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making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence

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leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

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male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

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party-internal; within the party

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locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

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tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

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essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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a little bit; a little while

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to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

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eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces

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fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)

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disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame

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