jpdb beta

hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations

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to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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as one of

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to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx

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art school

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traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back

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pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

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pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls

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to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

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circulation of the blood; apprehension

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dark reddish-brown; liver color

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to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

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

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to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl

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vein

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(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

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melon; gourd

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degree; extent

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delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

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old cloth; old rags

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handy; convenient; simple; narrow-gauge railway; light railway

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sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

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dress; outfit

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modern city; modern town

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oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute

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remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

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suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

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dead

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canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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everything

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high class; high grade

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to meet; to assemble; to congregate

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wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

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Southern School (of Chinese painting)

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rock

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cheap kind

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young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

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maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl

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several people

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to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

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hard to get; hard to come by

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to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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stomach cancer

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just one person; only one

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