jpdb beta

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

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refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake

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to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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aimless; rambling; desultory; casual

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all good works; all good deeds

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somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

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as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

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musical instrument

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial

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worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

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irresponsibility

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

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upper part; upper region; region above

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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highest-ranking blind court official; temple administrator; shrine administrator; administrator of a manor; (arch.) inspection; (arch.) inspector

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perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side

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(style of) folk song

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shamisen with a thick neck

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child

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before the gate; in front of the gate

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general merchant; Jack of all trades

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liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

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shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate

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just past noon; afternoon

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long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

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field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

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tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

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subcutaneous

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three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

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east side; east bank

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Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

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tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive

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heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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to rust; to become rusty

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

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kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)

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working together

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

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august; beautiful

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to enjoy (oneself)

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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