jpdb beta

grandfather; male senior-citizen

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to shake off

1

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

3

dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs

1

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

3

to be photographed; to be projected

1

employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress

3

shabby; seedy

2

relation; relative; kind; cordial

4

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

1

gross; disgusting

3

practice; training

2

sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead

1

morning bath

2

main street; avenue

2

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

2

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

2

grandchild

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

3

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

1

corners of a field

1

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

1

transom; skylight; dormer window

1

bend forward

1

(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly

1

gardener

5

informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)

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which; what (way)

2

call; hail; yell

1

red-lacquered sword sheath

2

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive

1

broadsword; sword

1

habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk

2

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

3

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

1

similar to; like

3

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

3

shy face

3

this area; around here

2

Great Japan

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

2

elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career

1

liking; taste; choice

1

light yellowish green; color of a freshly sprouted onion

1

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

iron pot; kettle

3

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

2

small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

1

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

4

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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