jpdb beta

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

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curiosity; inquisitiveness

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drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove

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to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

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fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

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splash; spray; droplet

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kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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graveyard; cemetery

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banknote; bill; note; paper money

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bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

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falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

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to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)

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spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

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to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

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gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

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to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

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bandit; brigand

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having gone too far to turn back

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sliding storm shutter

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to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

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room with a raised floor

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manners; behavior; behaviour

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since one was born; (in) all one's life

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beautiful face; attractive features

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so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

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wife and children; (arch.) wife

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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to speak; to say; to vocalize

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indescribable; inexpressible

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to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic

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three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

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in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

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neighbourhood; neighborhood

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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mountain goddess

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whether true or false

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bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom

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sudden death

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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old age

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serious illness

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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

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