jpdb beta

long (time that has passed); old (story)

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splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri

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yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

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paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

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with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

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to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

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to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

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favorite; favourite; habitually used

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Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)

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first-rate sword

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient

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moisture; humidity; dampness

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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

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slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid

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to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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sense of sight; vision

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to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

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to fan; to incite; to instigate

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to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

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(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

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dark of the night; darkness of the night

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another meeting; meeting again; reunion

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to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

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display of fireworks; firework(s) display

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making some money; earning

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night stall; night shop; night fair

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street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper

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to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

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to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

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to say; to speak

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iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

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sword skills; swordsmanship

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180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)

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mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

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Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding

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fencer; swordsman

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Western clothing; Western binding

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naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

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length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword

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shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

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sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess

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little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

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seventy; 70

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pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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one-eyed

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