jpdb beta

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

3

exorcism

2

fish market

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recent years

1

noted priest; celebrated priest

1

unselected

1

harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon

1

harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)

1

rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

1

standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese

1

sophisticated; refined; witty; urbane; unconstrained

2

sketch

1

to focus on; to bring into focus

1

thousand years; many years

1

the person heretofore mentioned; that person

3

family register; census

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

2

daily report

2

reporter; journalist

2

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

2

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

4

short stature

1

corpulence; fatness; obesity

1

child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face

1

plump cheeks; attractive cheeks

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

1

adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

2

wart

1

different mother

1

stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

1

happy; elated; good mood; cured (of an illness); recovered (from an illness)

1

headband

4

fish scales

1

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

2

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

1

competing; competition; auction

5

taking turns; relieving the guard

3

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

2

correction; rectification; mending; repair

4

auction hall; auction site; place where auctions take place

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

1

long talk; long-winded speech

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

1

newspaper reporter; print journalist

1

fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras

1

uncrowned; without rank; having no championship wins; receiving no (major) awards

1

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

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let's do it; I (we) are going to do it

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