jpdb beta

collecting; gathering

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distinguished person

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knot

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suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently

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introductory remarks

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futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate

3

forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)

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hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

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to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp

1

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

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to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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why; how

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to leave as is; to ignore

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falling down; lacking the energy to stand; collapsing

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to glare at; to scowl at

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give water to a dying person; water given to a dying person

1

with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden

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(arch.) to carve; (arch.) to engrave; to publish; to author

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the reason is ...; it is because ...

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

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to look away; to avert one's eyes

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delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

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Buddhist family chapel; altar room

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to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

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to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

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report; notification

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garden entrance

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stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim

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Nanpin

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averaging

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flowers and birds

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(flower) vase

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stove; furnace; kiln

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celadon porcelain

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sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

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discerning eye

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the very best; excellent; superb

1

matchless; unequalled; unequaled

1

value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal

1

bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

1

old father

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notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

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to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

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shame; embarrassment; disgrace

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reek of desperation; feeling of desperation

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to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

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(present) head of a family

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