jpdb beta

cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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season; time of year

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to move around

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Krampus

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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winter

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namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)

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autumn; fall

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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to enjoy (oneself)

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summer solstice

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to join together; to combine; to join up

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green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

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immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

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sun

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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

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to pray; to wish

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ceremony; rite; ritual; service

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garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

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to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

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chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

4

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting

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

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

1

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

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to extol; to give praise

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one week

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meat dish

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

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custom

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believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

1

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

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merely for form's sake

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Japanese person; Japanese people

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in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

2

colorful; colourful

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to peek; to peep

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

1

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

5

every year; yearly; annually

2

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

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