jpdb beta

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

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stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

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permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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certainly; surely

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charming; fascinating; attractive

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jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

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without a break; without stopping; incessantly; ceaselessly

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I can tell you; heh

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully

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mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

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circus

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promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise

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in swarms; in great crowds

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

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acrobatics

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entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person

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facing upward

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tub; washbasin; washbowl

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whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

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to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

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art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

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he; she; that guy

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carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

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artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

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butterfly

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flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

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wire

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to lead someone around by the nose

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cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

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amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

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appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)

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piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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antique; curio

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origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

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valley

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number of times

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strips of dried gourd

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wig; hairpiece

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to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

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music

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house; hall; building

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lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

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ears of an ox

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to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

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to heckle; to jeer

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to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall; to heckle

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