jpdb beta

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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pole; climax; extreme; extremity

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certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams

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dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

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to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

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day after day; every day

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to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out

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radiant

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dawn breaks; day dawns

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to jump up; to spring up

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envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

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to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)

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thick fog; dense fog

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to step firmly; to harden by treading

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tension; mental strain; nervousness

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

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to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

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travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

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to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

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shades of evening; dead of night

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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different thing; another question; different case

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to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry

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to boil; to decoct; to infuse

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tiny bit

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to muster up one's courage

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tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

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short; brief

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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in addition

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to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

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Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

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eccentric

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to bloom in profusion

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trap; pitfall

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pitfall; trap; pit

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

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fetters; shackles; restraints; bond; connection

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bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

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(feeling of) tightness in the chest

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hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

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preparation; arrangements

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to begin; to set about; to start

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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