jpdb beta

dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba); dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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middle class

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to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

2

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

5

residence; housing; residential building

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coarse; crude; inferior

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

5

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

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particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

4

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

3

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

2

to build; to construct

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Tokyo City

4

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

4

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

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to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

2

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

3

low degree; low grade; low class

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capitalist; financier

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what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

2

capital; funds; seed money; asset

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20 percent

2

and; as well as

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to ...

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rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

2

high interest rate

2

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

5

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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to smoke

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struggle for existence

4

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

3

shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige

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outskirts (of a town); run-down district

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change

4

to pour; to add (liquid); to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to light (a fire); to burn

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rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

5

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

4

flea

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each; every

4

thin strip of bamboo

3

nonstandard; extraordinary; special

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increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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defeat (in battle)

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior

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(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

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