jpdb beta

iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus

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rough sketch; design; cartoon

3

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

2

last year

2

to find it hard to say

1

hindrance; intrusion

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

1

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

1

admiration; being impressed (by)

1

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

1

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

6

light makeup

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

4

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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help; aid; assistance

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

1

single wall

2

to lower; to be lowered

1

fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub

1

end; close; finish; termination

1

rare; seldom

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beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

5

heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

2

patience; endurance

2

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

5

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

business; errand; nature of one's business

1

's house; 's home

6

considerably; fairly; quite

2

quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge

1

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

7

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

3

poor hearing

1

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

1

during absence from home

1

keeping accounts; balancing accounts

1

divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle

1

sales clerk

4

uropod

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baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron

12

black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

12

to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

2

nickname

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smith; blacksmith

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

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(pair of) bellows

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