jpdb beta

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

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love is blind; (lit.) (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

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speechless (with amazement); struck dumb; tongue-tied; dumbfounded

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(short) run; drive; ride; spin

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poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

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the sun

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wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)

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what the hell are you saying!?

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to tear (up) paper

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jealous person

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time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

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matrimonial happiness; happy marriage

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an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent

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overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

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unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor

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to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of

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sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless

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curious onlookers; rubbernecks

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beriberi

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Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri

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doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)

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one's husband; one's wife

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laziness; lazy person

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to rest; to relax; to repose

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to purchase; to buy in

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gossip

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son and heir; son who will succeed one

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to be cleared of a charge

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great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

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

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true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo

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to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious

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gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)

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extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman

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abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

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in pieces

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unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid

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considerably; greatly; a lot

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to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of

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unfinished

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please look at it

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to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

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my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences

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love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

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obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded

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heart

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draft; rough copy

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one's parents' home

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please stop

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having a crush on someone; flushing

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