jpdb beta

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

1

lying concealed; being hidden

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

1

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

annoying; provoking

1

relativity; relative

1

self-possessed; calm

2

useful; helpful

2

reason; pretext; motive

7

family-oriented; familial

1

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

like that; that way

1

(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)

2

please ...

2

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

2

as (somebody) says

1

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

2

self; the ego

1

everything one does; whatever one does

1

standard; basis; principle

3

hypocrisy

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

3

self-centeredness; self-centredness; selfishness; egotism; egoism

1

act; deed; conduct

4

import; importation; introduction; afferent

1

making a show of one's faults

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impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib

1

entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

2

the most extreme

1

in one's own way or style

5

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

nowadays; in this day and age

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

1

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

4

night-soil bucket; honey bucket

1

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

6

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

1

economising; saving

1

wood grain; unpainted wood

1

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

1

to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

1

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

1

glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory

3

to go too far

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

2

to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

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