jpdb beta

sealed letter

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to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy

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three or four days

2

spasmodic(ally); fitful

3

inborn; innate; inherent; a priori

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valve (of the heart and the veins)

1

breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest

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chest; breast

2

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

3

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

5

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

10

one share; one amount

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

4

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

15

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

2

doctor; physician

4

stinging (pain); smarting; tingling

4

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

affectionate mother

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

9

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

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to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

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to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated

4

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

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soft

2

other than; excluding; without

4

severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

9

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

16

bedside

1

calmly; coolly; primly

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

3

passive

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hey!; hey!

2

than; from; out of; except; but; more

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can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

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help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

3

present; gift

3

heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud

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sickbed; (hospital) bed

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to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

2

stamp (postage); merchandise certificate

1

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

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counter for doses of medicine, etc.

2

envelope

3

postmark; (postal) cancellation mark

2

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

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sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around

2

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

2

head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward

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