jpdb beta

seal

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something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

1

season; time of the year

1

the late; the deceased

1

first anniversary of a person's death

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blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

1

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

1

Buddhist memorial service

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simple; brief

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to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

writing in kana; something written in kana

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sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

1

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

1

space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings

1

pitch black

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

1

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

2

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

2

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

3

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

1

rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

2

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

1

ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

1

sweet rice jelly; (whitish) rice candy

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

to raise overhead

1

content of a letter

2

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

1

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

1

fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

air temperature

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to wipe; to dry

3

at first; initially; in the beginning

1

to cower in fear; to be scared; to be nervous

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wild giant butterbur; Japanese silverleaf

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kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose; bright golden yellow; gold coin (formerly used in Japan)

1

type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth

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leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

1

appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

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fish

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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