jpdb beta

rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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something wrapped in a furoshiki

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close-fitting trousers; long underwear

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tucking up the hem of one's garments

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arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

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outbreak; occurrence

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four o'clock

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to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

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striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)

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spark

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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to arrive home; to return

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to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

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borrowing

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downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

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pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

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to thank

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complete stranger; total stranger

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body

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among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

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louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

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louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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lower seat; seat at bottom of the table

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(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

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borrowed clothes

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wicker trunk

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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going together

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to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

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coarse oilpaper umbrella

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disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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public bath; bathhouse

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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several houses

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stone dealer

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koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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riverbank; riverside

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quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter

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to be opposite; to face each other

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gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

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sediment; earth and sand

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Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

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alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

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alley; alleyway; bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

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storehouse; warehouse; godown

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landing-stage

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quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil

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