jpdb beta

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

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entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

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light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

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bow; bowing

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degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

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to recite from memory

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at the mercy of (e.g. the waves); with (e.g. the wind)

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to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

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sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

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to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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like this; this sort; this way

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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control; management (e.g. of a business)

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exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

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silver vine (Actinidia polygama); cat powder

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mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

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mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

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but; however; provided that

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shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

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just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

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to start for home; to head for home; to make for home

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battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

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empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

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site; plot; lot; grounds

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within ...; inside ...

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

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to build; to construct

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

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until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

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care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

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junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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hey there; I say; see here

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone

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such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

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