jpdb beta

Mr (junior); master; boy

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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

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that; those; the

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how; in what way; how about

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talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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adds force or indicates command

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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hey; hold on; come on

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dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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bakufu; shogunate

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orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

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then; well then; if so

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to shave

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teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

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person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

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huh?; what's up?

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Japan

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to sell

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clock; watch; timepiece

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darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

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to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

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