jpdb beta

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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old fief

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abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

2

novennial; recurring every nine years

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assistance; aid; support

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slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down

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hair (of the head)

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to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

2

treatment as a guest; guest

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self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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high class; noble

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season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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descendants

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pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

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one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

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every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

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half; part

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

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from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

2

authority

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(historical) army base; navy base

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source; origin

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Yorichika

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descendant

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Matsue (city in Shimane)

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to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

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to prosper; to flourish

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(period of) a year; during an era

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encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion

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three meals (a day)

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high rice field; very fertile rice field

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Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek

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dispersal; scattering; discrete

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wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

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to throw oneself (into an activity)

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder

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curt; blunt; cold; short

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clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

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rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

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industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

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start; beginning; first step; clue

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rivalry

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cause; origin

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widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally

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