jpdb beta

breaking bamboo

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moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

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wild idea; delusion

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marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)

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from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

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revolt; rebellion; war

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toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)

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tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

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dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks

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to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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vomit; spew; disgorge

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poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency

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little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

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priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager

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being already (well) aware

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boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

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stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

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life; living; I; me; student

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mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

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rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason

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to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

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very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

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(head) clerk

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Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture

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shareholder; stockholder

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empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds

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to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

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boiling water

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prostitute (esp. Edo period)

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trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle

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stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs

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the same; ditto

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disgrace; shame

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consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp

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noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick

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rattle; rattling sound

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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

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lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger

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to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

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both (people)

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to giggle

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penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting

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crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight

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rosewood; red sandalwood

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dining table

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silence; stillness; quietness

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one of one's hobbies

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weave; weaving; woven item

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presenting to

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