jpdb beta

permanence; immortality

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to be talked about behind one's back

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the gods of heaven and earth

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orphan

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to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

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louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

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skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it

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reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

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tenant farmer

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fire alarm; fire bell

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lovesickness

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chrysalis; pupa

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lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

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insanity; an insane person

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strange coincidence

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to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); to change completely; to do a 180

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to be indebted; to be under an obligation

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to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own

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to burn up

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(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

2

bitch

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to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

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love song; love poem

2

paddy field; farm

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Goemon

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mending; repair; darning; patching up

1

loved one; lover; sweetheart

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supplier

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precocious; precocious child

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bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)

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Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

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plan; intention

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head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank); neck; head

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kimono fabrics shop; draper

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fortune; property

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remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

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to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic

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jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

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of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune

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present-day; nowadays

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offence; offense; hindrance

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it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...

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no!; don't!; tsk!

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to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

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just; fair; proper; reasonable

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alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)

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to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest

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decapitation; beheading

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