jpdb beta

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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bridge

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mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

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to meet; to greet

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sun

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summer

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ancient city; former capital

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to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

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to take over; to hand over

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private-school student

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Shoukasonjuku

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heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

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like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul

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to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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vase; vase for floral offerings

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gravesite; tomb

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bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

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money; metal

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to accumulate; to save

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to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

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meal; dinner; diet

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to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

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regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

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to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

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to leave this world; to die

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young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

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-years-old

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(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

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Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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manufacture; production

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dyes

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indigo dye

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

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to hate; to detest

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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thank you

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aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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memories; recollections; reminiscence

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