jpdb beta

crossing the meridian

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circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

pinecone; pine cone

1

to spoil; to rot; to corrode

1

together; at the same time; same; identical

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

ouch!

1

fool; oaf; airhead

5

even if; if; though; despite; even

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to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

2

caustic words

1

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

1

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

1

hangover

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

2

bank book

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painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

11

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

3

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

3

anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

1

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

bank book; passbook

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

1

such a thing; something like that

1

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

1

to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

1

to show; to display

1

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

1

only; merely; but; no more than

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

gourmand; epicure

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

1

(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

1

to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

1

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

1

low flame (heat, gas)

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charcoal; charred remains

2

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

2

messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

4

full; in plenty; ample

1

dark soy sauce; regular soy sauce

1