jpdb beta

bag of rice

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mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound

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judo; jujutsu

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should not be; must not be

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bowl (ceramic, porcelain); counter for bowls of food or drink

1

to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

1

flag; banner; streamer

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just; fair; proper; reasonable

2

office and rank; an official rank

1

knowing

1

government service; official position; civil service

1

water temperature (esp. bath)

1

to employ; to engage

1

castle construction; building a castle; fortification

1

judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice; Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office

2

to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened

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Ministry of Finance

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Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

2

heron (Ardeidae)

1

confidentially; privately; off the record

1

to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake

1

false; hypocritical

1

without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

1

fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

1

after one's death

2

dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding

1

(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

1

extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly

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tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor

1

details; particulars

1

extremely delighted

1

to rule; to govern; to administer

1

chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)

4

Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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gold leaf; beaten gold

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stipend; reward

2

kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.

2

apology; excuse

4

to apologize; to apologise

1

previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time

1

finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly

1

guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter

1

high rice field; very fertile rice field

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to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it

1

judgement; judgment; connoisseur

2

tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)

1

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

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to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

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direct control

1

generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied

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