jpdb beta

ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

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debt; liabilities

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to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

3

security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)

2

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

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settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)

1

guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman

1

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

3

old friend; old pal

1

other; another; over; more than; I; me

4

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

2

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

1

support; backing; patronage

1

being settled; coming to a conclusion

1

party; banquet; feast

1

annuity; pension

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

6

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

8

just a minute; small quantity

4

spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; dots

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

5

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

mere; only; just; slight

4

main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence

3

bow; bowing

3

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

3

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

2

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

1

to be erected; to be built

3

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

3

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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rafter

2

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

2

poultry house

3

pomegranate (Punica granatum)

1

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

3

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

2

small garden; small place

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

4

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

3

pond

5

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

1

to swim

2

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

5

to bear fruit; to produce fruit

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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