jpdb beta

detour; circuitous route; diversion

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air conditioning and heating

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equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements

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to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

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to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish

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Ooi

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beef

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Seiyohanekyōkai

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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forest; shrine grove

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Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)

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Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916; novelist)

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residence; housing; residential building

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Japanese-style house

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engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin

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sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board

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I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

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to raise one's voice; to shout

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(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

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overnight stay when traveling (travelling); sleeping on grass in an open field

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one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable

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wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

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to cause offence (offense); to create hard feelings

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to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with (the tide); to go with (the flow, the times, etc.); to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)

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(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)

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to worsen (the situation); to exacerbate; to aggravate; to look with anger

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type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

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whole earth; global

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intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

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broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

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peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea

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to skip over (while reading); to skim

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tiny bit

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simple; easy

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Sōseki; Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916; novelist)

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public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

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antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece

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municipal railway; city streetcar; tram

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unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly

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cheer; shout of joy

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gold braid (e.g. on a military officer's uniform)

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black; black stone; guilt; guilty person

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trousers; pants

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flashy; gaudy; flamboyant

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uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

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tic; spasm; twitch

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)

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