jpdb beta

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

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bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

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Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

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(arch.) the real person; (arch.) said person; real thing; genuine article

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immediate follower (of the shogun)

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copper (Cu)

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debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

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three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits

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leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

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watchtower; observation tower; lookout

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of

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China

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groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

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lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse

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(lamp) wick

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quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful

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white silk

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joy; pleasure; delight

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to perceive; to notice

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a find; windfall; bargain

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the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

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to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

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quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth

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something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation

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all-night vigil over a body; wake

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strange; eccentric

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angle

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steep path

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to join together; to patch together

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transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)

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sarcophagus; stone coffin

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way; course; the only way

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stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off

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hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

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misappropriation; embezzlement

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degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law

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forever; in perpetuity

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to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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to offer (put up) resistance

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to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

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violent emotion; passion; fury

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big mouth

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almost; very nearly

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trap; pitfall

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cloud of dust; sandstorm

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oneself; one's body

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