jpdb beta

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

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setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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imprisonment; incarceration

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insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

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indictment; prosecution; complaint

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government official

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Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

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pasture; grazing land

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics

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architectural style

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characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

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district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

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mud and tile wall topped with tiles

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to pile up; to accumulate

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alternately; by turns; one after the other

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clay

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roof tile

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straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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mortar; plaster; stucco

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wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

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rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

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to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with

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samurai residence

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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glory; splendour; honour

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty

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being (somewhere); sitting

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

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before long; even now

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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city

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Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

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Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)

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to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

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(one's) youth; one's younger days

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sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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

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somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

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pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

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