jpdb beta

who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck

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string made from twisted paper

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to lay aside; to set aside

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Nakahara Chuuya (1907-1937)

4

twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days

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composition of a poem

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to ponder; to contemplate

1

shōchū highball; cocktail of shōchū with tonic water

1

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

4

fish cake

4

surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

2

potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet

1

thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency

1

falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)

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hitting a ball; batting; stroke

1

to be fragrant

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probationer

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the road home

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now is the time

2

flying bird; soaring bird

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

7

mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation

2

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

3

proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

2

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

1

literary critic

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Kobayashi Hideo

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

4

self-portrait

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

2

awe; fear; dread; fright

1

miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

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Otfried Preußler

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monochrome

3

(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)

3

self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned

5

(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money

1

to open; to unfold; to spread out

2

raining; downpour

1

radiation

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father

2

through; by way of; after; via

2

to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

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difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

5

camp gate; general

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to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble

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