jpdb beta

88 years old; (arch.) rice

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loan; lending

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to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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retainer; subject; vassal; servant

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wearing one's hair in braids

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close associate; close aide; brains-truster

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repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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fortunate error; lucky break; fluke

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

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to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

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Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)

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famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

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politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver

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expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

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to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely

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fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

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rowdy fellow; tough; bully; ruffian

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tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin

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Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine

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jewel; precious stone; gem

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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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flower design

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Masamune

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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deformation during firing (ceramics); color variation during firing

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ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

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gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

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Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)

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lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source

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happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

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to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

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cold sweat

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girl; lass; young thing; chick

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to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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to palpitate (with anxiety, etc.)

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)

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iron pot; kettle

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to heat; to heat up

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to release; to let go (of)

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earlobe

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

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correction; rectification; mending; repair

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