jpdb beta

female cook; kitchenmaid; (arch.) woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses

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Chuuta

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hairpiece; false hair; switch; (arch.) hair

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the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles); Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine

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lighter; (small) cargo vessel

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employment agency

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monk

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riverboat; rivercraft

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to set aside one's interests

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seamanship; (the art of) navigation

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cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook

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to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent

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bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things

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bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

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you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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loophole; crenel; gun port; porthole

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Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner

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once; some time ago

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can't be helped (of situation, reason, etc.); unavoidable

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garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden

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scrap iron

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(pair of) bellows

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distant land; remote country; province far from the capital

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father; Dad

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transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

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to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise

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Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one

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iron sand; magnetite sand

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Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)

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unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless

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samurai residence

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woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae

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my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband

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silk

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calm before a storm; lull before the storm

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to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

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soba restaurant

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to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of

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(brute) force; using all one's might

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to gain in skill; to improve; to get better

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to be consistent; to be coherent

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consideration (for others); (making) allowance

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drifting ashore

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main office; this office

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discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry

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member of shogun's council of elders

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bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

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to keep an eye on; to take care of

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