jpdb beta

to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)

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male (animal, plant)

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iconoclasm; image breaking

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talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

5

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

2

each day; from day to day; day-to-day

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

2

drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

3

the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being

1

to break; to smash

1

lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching

1

well; now; then

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

6

bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness

1

excuse; pretext

1

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

2

to begin to attend (e.g. school)

1

poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

3

in terms of; from the point of view of

2

flattery; compliment

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

purity; innocence

1

fair-skinned; light-complexioned

1

stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

3

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

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tea house

5

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

3

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

1

entreaty; solicitation; earnest request

1

nasal voice

8

to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity

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to count; to enumerate

2

unlicensed prostitute

2

cavern; grotto

2

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

4

teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer

3

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

2

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

2

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

3

Ogin

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to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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to shave

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in deep black; in jet black

2

tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye

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interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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