jpdb beta

squash; pumpkin

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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main door at the front of a house; front shutters

2

sand

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

1

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

1

comic novel (Edo period)

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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

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condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

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to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back

1

you

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

2

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

1

shamelessly; brazenly

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nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy

1

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

1

strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

2

prefix

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expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

1

ironic; ironical

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flat broke; stone broke; penniless

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

1

catching a cold

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to have the nerve to

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dirt-poor farmer

1

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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Hamamatsu (city)

3

sales clerk

2

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

together; mutually; fellow

1

a little more

1

well-mannered; courteous

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for work; in a manner related to work

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

kimono fabrics shop; draper

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(head) clerk

6

dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

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name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)

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Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

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eastern part; the east (of a region)

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Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

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fortune; property

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

2

person from the Kansai region

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