jpdb beta

two-handled keg

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jūbako; multi-tiered food box

1

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

6

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

2

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep

7

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

2

old man; old geezer

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

2

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

1

spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen

3

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

1

bay; gulf; inlet

1

common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins

2

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

8

to lean against; to set against

1

without cause; without reason

2

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

1

to look old; to get old

1

carpet; rug (esp. felt)

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

6

food packed in nest of lacquered boxes

2

chopsticks

2

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

3

descendant; scion; lineage

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

10

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

3

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

4

to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

2

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

2

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

3

a little bit; a little while

1

to congratulate

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festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony

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if so; in that case; in that situation

3

on the way back; returning

2

amber

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throat; singing voice

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to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

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mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

1

useless; vain; aimless; idle

1

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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