jpdb beta

sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

1

to misrepresent; to distort; to belie

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instructor; (fencing) teacher; model

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this area; around here

1

to clamber (up); to scale

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

2

every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

1

to recall; to remember

1

daring

1

simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-

1

dispute; resistance

1

promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help

1

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

3

kindness; consideration

1

twenty-five

1

keen; acute; heartfelt

1

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue

3

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

3

money

3

city life; urban living

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

1

hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

2

rather than (do ...)

1

mountain recess; deep in the mountains

3

in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

4

antique; curio

2

auctioning off; selling off

1

announcement flier (e.g. sale at a shop); raffle ticket; lottery ticket; hikifuda (type of playing cards numbered 1-6, used by the bank in tehonbiki); kurifuda

1

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

1

ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)

1

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

2

to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

1

craving; longing; thirsting

1

vanity

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

2

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

late at night; at a late hour

2

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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fault-finding; carping

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to go crazy; to lose one's mind

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to face the situation

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