jpdb beta

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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dominion; territory; possession

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moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

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Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

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(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery

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occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

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coming to a castle; visiting a castle

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

2

rice field

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each; every; all

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sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

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one by one; one after another; successively

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fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

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common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling

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groan; moan; moaning

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indicates question

3

one month

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

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mother

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

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dried boiled rice

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

3

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

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to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

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dried meat; jerky

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bruschetta

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for emergency use

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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originally; by nature; from the start

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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delicious; tasty

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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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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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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

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