jpdb beta

dark brown

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spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted

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fresh leaves

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mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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the first bonito of the season

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to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar

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phoenix

8

peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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in great numbers

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kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

2

Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead

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coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

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migratory bird; bird of passage

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season; the times; opportunity; occasion

1

near oneself; close to one; familiar

1

Nara period (710-794 CE)

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to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

existing; living; extant

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the oldest

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collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook

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Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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seasonal word (in haiku)

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Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket

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cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (arch.) any insect that chirps in autumn

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millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

3

universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent

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eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant

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feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

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cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

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characteristic

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detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable

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calling sound of the lesser cuckoo; lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)

2

lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

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another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)

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to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

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potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully

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after tax income; net income

1