jpdb beta

onlooker; bystander

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(social) position; status

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(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

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verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

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cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

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night-soil bucket; honey bucket

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proposal; suggestion; motion; initiative

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cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

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your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

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to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

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bag of rice

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order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

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straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)

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to be bothered (by something); to suffer

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unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

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two legs; two feet; two pairs

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gasping

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to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

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to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

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straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly

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government office; public office

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

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to slap; to strike; to spank

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young persons' association

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Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

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exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

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impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

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sketch (depicting real people or nature); drawing sketched from real life; magic-lantern picture; child's copying pictures; mirror image (e.g. of society); (metaphorical) depiction

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rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple

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proposal; proposition; suggestion

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extreme; extremity

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drama; theatre; theater; play

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encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

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elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

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(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

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Nankou

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ointment; salve

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filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

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thanks; gratitude

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corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

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nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza

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act; deed; conduct

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violence; mayhem

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blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

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popular name; common name; given name

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always; constantly

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printing

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