jpdb beta

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

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appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

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to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

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matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman

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marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping; marriage where the person courted was already married

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one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

16

house in an alley; rear tenement

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jealousy; envy

1

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

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Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

2

assistance; backing; reinforcements

1

to give; to do (something) for

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due form; official; formality

8

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

3

if I (we, etc.) could

2

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

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Tokugawa Hidetada (1579.5.2-1632.3.14), Shougun 1605-1623

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

8

Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

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babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

3

Tadatoki

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extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist

2

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

1

barbarian; savage

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form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

2

to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

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to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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to differ; to vary; to disagree

2

gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)

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duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

2

counter for questions

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(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace

1

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

5

(another's) daughter; young lady

3

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

2

feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference

1

waiting impatiently for

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals

2

to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)

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even

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

5

cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer

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to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

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next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)

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