jpdb beta

scarlet; red

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carpet; rug (esp. felt)

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the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

military commander

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soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush

1

sitting in circle; round straw mat

3

to pull up; to haul up

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

4

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

2

beads of sweat

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

kamidana; household shrine; home shrine

1

to provide; to arrange; to install

1

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

1

special; extraordinary

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

1

Japan's best; number one in Japan

1

wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

1

moron; idiot; stupid person

6

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

1

crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness

1

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

1

stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

2

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

1

to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)

1

liver

8

loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness

1

whispering into a person's ear

1

cooperation; coordination; link

1

how long; how far; how much

2

complete change; about-face

2

a size smaller

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

1

to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); to marry off; to exile

1

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

3

unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

to gush forth

1

the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

5

leather

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loincloth; waist cloth

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

2

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

2

expert

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grave (pit)

2

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

3

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

4

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

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