jpdb beta

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

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novel idea; strange theory

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Yada Souun

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page

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hermit; wizard; wizardry

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Kubouchi

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Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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to speak ill of; to disparage

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rim; brim; edge; brink

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moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)

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survival; remaining; being extant; being left

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roadside trees

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Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)

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the same place; the same address; the said place

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furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation

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joke; witticism; pleasantry; attempt at humour; attempt at humor

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historical fact

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komaru (type of playing cards)

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farming; agriculture

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hemp cloth; linen

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chief editor; managing editor; manager; person in charge

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agriculture

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paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

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dioecy; dioecism

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was; were

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your home; your family; their home; (my) home

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unexpectedly; by chance or accident

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to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

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careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

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fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships

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(arch.) chinaberry; (arch.) Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

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unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

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strange occurrence; unusual occurrence; unexpected occurrence; grave and unexpected occurrence

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outskirts (of a town); run-down district

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chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)

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seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning

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aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

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Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood

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Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood

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parasitism

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striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)

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mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil

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deutzia; Deutzia crenata

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crow (Corvus spp.); raven

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association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise

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