jpdb beta

carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length

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the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

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possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

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between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

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to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

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space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

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(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

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-made; make

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servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he

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to make good use of; to use to one's advantage

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above the ceiling

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with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

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thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

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boycott

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my; our; one's own

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plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap

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to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

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playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes

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past and present

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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tray landscape

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tray-landscape foundation stone

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haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry

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paintings and calligraphic works

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antique; curio

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ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

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tea ceremony; Way of Tea

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hard to get; hard to come by

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childhood friend; old playmate

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to grow old; to age

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tea drinking

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government service; official position; civil service

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(social) position; status

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high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes

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distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

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slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

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

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to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

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low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

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low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

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grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar

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House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)

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member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

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imperial nomination

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Tokyo City

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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cabinet (of a government); ministry

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cabinet minister

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(written) work; book; writings

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easy; simple; plain

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