jpdb beta

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

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underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

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foresight; prescience

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

2

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

1

drop (e.g. of water); drip

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to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

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to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

1

watchful waiting; careful supervision

1

to nip (something) in the bud

1

to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest

1

order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

1

local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator

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Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

1

only; nothing but

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scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

1

bedroom

2

going to bed; retiring (for the night)

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bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

1

just out of the bath

1

pomade; balm; perfumed oil

1

to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly

1

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

1

to weave

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

1

hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

1

to do

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

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to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot

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locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

1

to crawl towards; to creep up to

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

1

glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

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virgin; innocent young woman

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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

3

to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

1

random; aimless

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to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

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to look upward

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to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

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to devour; to bite to death

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nightmare; bad dream

3

transparent; clear

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lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

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