jpdb beta

folk song; popular song

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enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

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child

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-years-old

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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surely; certainly; without doubt

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older; senior

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skipping a grade

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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all; everyone; everybody

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cheering in chorus; saying in unison

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whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief

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to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

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seashore; beach; food wrapped in nori

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pine grove

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smoke; fumes

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to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

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rush-thatched house

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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my; our; one's own

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inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

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the four seasons

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dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat

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