jpdb beta

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

5

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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double suicide; lovers' suicide

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old woman

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chat over tea

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Inawashiro

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plain wood; unfinished woodwork

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hairpiece; false hair; switch; (arch.) hair

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

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model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

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healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

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noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift

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to leave as is; to ignore

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rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

3

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

3

to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

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fishes and birds

2

bad smell; stink

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difference

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(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

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cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)

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falconer; hawker

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Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

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map

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common reed (Phragmites australis)

3

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

2

night cold; chill of night; cold night

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silently; in silence

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to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

2

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

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looks

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rolling pin

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(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

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whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

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nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

1

strong; hard; manly

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this evening; tonight

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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skiing; ski; skis

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region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata

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19; nineteen

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying

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writer; author

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to compare

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cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

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