jpdb beta

hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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preserving in salt; salting down

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fish meat

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to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

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every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

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Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

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deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

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Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)

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Blusher

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mushroom

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bracken

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royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern

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Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

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basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel

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shellfish; seashell; shell

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loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach

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grandmother

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great joy

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kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove

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to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

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in this case

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picking; collecting; harvesting

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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respect; honour; honor

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to express; to show

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cooking

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to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

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source; beginning; origin

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

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age 10

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winter vacation; winter holidays

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summer vacation; summer holiday

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uncle

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sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

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coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

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habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

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to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

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(not so) much; (not) very

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difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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former clan; former fief

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eating habits

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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stranger; outsider

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cold reception; inhospitality

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unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

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