jpdb beta

careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

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letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

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brilliant; bright; glorious

4

hot wind

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official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter

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summer grass

3

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

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earnest; singlehanded; face to face; straight ahead; just in front of

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to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

4

local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator

6

street with houses lined up only on one side

2

crossroads; intersection

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to come back (to); to return to a starting point

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old house; deserted house

2

half century

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to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)

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base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar

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eyelashes

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to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

2

slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

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behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

3

acquaintance

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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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if

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strange; eerie; ominous

1

fine wrinkles; crow's feet

2

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

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remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

2

quick-wittedness; tact

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two swords; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; bisexual (person)

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utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all

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always; usually

2

beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

2

shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience

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unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

2

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

2

subordinate position; lower position

2

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

2

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

4

young person; inexperienced person; novice

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find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)

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accommodation; lodging

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to wound; to murder

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difficult role

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to smoke a cigarette

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(in spite of) being old enough to know better

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flunky; cat's-paw; tool; person whose services are at the disposal of another

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helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret

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