jpdb beta

to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)

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to curl; to crimp

1

headband

4

purely Japanese style

3

ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

1

oval face (e.g. of a beautiful woman)

2

disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity

2

most of all; extremely; supremely

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pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

2

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

2

exceedingly; very

2

ordinary; common; mediocre

2

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

1

exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

2

paint

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verdigris; green rust; copper rust

2

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

2

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

1

cheek rouge; blusher; blush

2

surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

3

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

2

prostitution; prostitute

4

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

2

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

3

messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

3

to put on heavy makeup; to powder heavily; to paint thickly; to paint beautifully

1

silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)

1

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

2

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

2

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

2

common (of objects, abstract things); usual

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

2

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

2

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

23

chocolate brown

1

box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)

1

spot

1

crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly

3

to be conspicuous; to stand out

3

cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)

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samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary

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mystery; wonder

3

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

2

closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly

2

ivory

2

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

1

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

2

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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