jpdb beta

departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

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be that as it may; even so; though that be so

3

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

2

inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)

1

Edo period inspection of rice plants

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feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

4

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

3

Chinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

one breath; chug!; drink!

1

guidance; guide

1

to say

2

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

5

bamboo grass; bamboo

3

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

1

person of letters; literary person

1

to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

1

variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

1

dawn

1

(Japanese) Darby and Joan

1

colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

1

appellation; designation

1

Late Middle Japanese; medieval Japanese; mediaeval Japanese

1

tenderhearted; faint of heart

1

practice; practising; experience

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

appearance; figure; shape; form

1

laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity

2

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

2

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

4

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

3

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

1

to set (sun); to become dark

1

sunken hearth; sunken fireplace

4

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted

1

sawyer

3

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

1

to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

1

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln

4

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

2

action; operation; effect; function

1

nature; property; disposition

3

south-east

2

Harayama

3

mine (ore)

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