jpdb beta

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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desire; request; wish

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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India

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article; news story; report; account

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(historical) investigation

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public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior

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the people; the public

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Itamiya

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miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

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outside the company

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fence around a shrine

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masculine woman; mannish woman; feminine man; effeminate man; intersexual; hermaphrodite

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(romantic) love

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mono no aware; appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty; pathos of things; strong aesthetic sense

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open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

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being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings

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to leave one's seat

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front gate

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a well

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(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

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rice granary

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to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

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ten; 10

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to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy

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forest; shrine grove

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

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intervening

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personal struggle

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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old grudge

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relief; rescue

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re-erection; rebuilding

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long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

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pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

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implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)

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to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

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old woman

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scholar

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to carry weight; to be important; to have influence; to be a leading figure; to be esteemed

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active; dynamic; energetic

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homecoming; return to one's home

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kamidana; household shrine; home shrine

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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unsung hero; person who does a thankless task

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way; method; means; effect; result; benefit

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average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

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