jpdb beta

commitment; pledge; promise

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Edo dialect

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egg sac; egg case; ootheca

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treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty

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becoming dull; slowing down

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to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

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(artistic) accomplishments

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insufficiency; half ripe

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true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo

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genius; prodigy; talented person

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to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate

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the present

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the whole nation; all the people in the land

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wise and great

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small ball; globule; bead; small vegetable or piece of fruit

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unjust; inhuman

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to wait upon; to serve

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abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber

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wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

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to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high

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to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated

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Kamon

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business conversation

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going to the capital; working in a government office

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to grow; to develop; to grow up

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to split; to be split; to splinter

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downstairs room

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daimyo's main Tokyo mansion

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to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

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order (for an item); request; demand; condition

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blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

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worn-out rice land

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secret; hidden; unseen; inward

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matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)

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drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour

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China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty

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steamship; steamboat; steamer

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let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

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fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

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tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

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to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

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a little bit; a little while

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lot area; site area; plottage; lot size

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boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

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to be gossiped about

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group leader

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embarrassed; ashamed

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son; punk; brat; penis

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(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

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philandering; itch for women

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