jpdb beta

being good at selling; shrewd salesman

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Yoshichika

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great popularity

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Heishichi

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skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past

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the sun

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(not) even for a moment

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head

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water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens

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influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well

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jelly dessert; fruit

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grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night

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rear tenement

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helplessly; reluctantly

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Narutaki

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uniform excellence

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(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence

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fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

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to become pregnant

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to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on

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tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter

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to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it

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orphan

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man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

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post horse

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to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye

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expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)

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the other day; some time ago; recently

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town

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false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes

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anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation

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to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

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to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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for one's age

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to develop into a serious incident

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shabby; mean; sorry; dingy

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sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

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loved one; lover; sweetheart

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a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably

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mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup

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don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

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coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view

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money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights

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solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness

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bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching

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having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often

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one month

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to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

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gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering

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discarding; firing (an employee)

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