jpdb beta

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

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to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange

2

now; nowadays

1

form; shape; figure; morph

1

(all) together

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

the West; the Occident; Western countries

2

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

3

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

2

development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

1

to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

1

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

1

to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest

1

inner citadel; core; center; centre

1

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

1

the second time

3

Kōchi Prefecture (Shikoku)

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Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

1

base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

1

local

1

throughout Japan

1

warrior; soldier; samurai; government official serving the imperial court during the Nara period

1

every kind; all sorts

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

4

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

1

villager

2

divination; fortune-telling; mantic

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

2

convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

1

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

be; is; isn't it?

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward

1

to ponder; to brood

3

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

new discovery; new invention

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

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