jpdb beta

dictation; verbal statement

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Kobe (city)

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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thirty; 30

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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14; fourteen

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memories; recollections; reminiscence

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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Ibaraki prefecture

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cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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eldest brother

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(arch.) three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China)

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

1

stream; brook; creek

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old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home

2

collection of books; (personal) library

1

body; physical system; (the) person

2

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

10

school

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every day

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

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inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

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storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

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garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

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two; 2

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three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

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tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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small; little; tiny

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hokora; small wayside shrine

4

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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one day; (on) a certain day

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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door; gate; opening; title page

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to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

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clenched fist

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

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