jpdb beta

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

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copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

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letter (of alphabet); character; writing

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calligrapher; individual with good penmanship

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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woodblock printer; person who prints using woodblocks (as opposed to the carver who carves them)

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estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

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ancient Shinto music and dancing

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towns and villages

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Shuusou

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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minor business

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how can (one) do something

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reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness

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to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

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man

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will not do; do not; does not

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to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly

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Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

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to solicit; to demand; to extort

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to show; to display; to dangle (an offer) in front of; to hold out; to send flurries (of snow, etc.)

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

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to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

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visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

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fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

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

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east

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temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

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nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting

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to buy; to purchase

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counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

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exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate

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to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them

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with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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haori (Japanese formal coat)

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saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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Kitamura

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to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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money-making; earning money

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impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky

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to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

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