jpdb beta

Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone

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sky

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home area; home town; local

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to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

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unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

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to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

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Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)

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Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)

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to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

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cannibals

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eagle (Accipitridae family)

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deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

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very small

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half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

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Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

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Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)

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Shigetoshi

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dialectology

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price; cost

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

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absolutely; only

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accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

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Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu)

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good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab

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to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

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Shiba Ryoutarou (1923.8.7-1996.2.12)

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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

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Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)

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intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

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common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)

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diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

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agricultural community; farm village; rural

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fishing village

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

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Portuguese (language)

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accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable

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study of foreign languages; linguistics

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genius; prodigy; natural gift

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the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

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decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

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expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

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all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

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exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

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