jpdb beta

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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restoration; repair; mending

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bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me

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munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)

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tsukemono (pickled vegetables)

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dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap

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topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story

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rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations

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to badger; to pester; to beg

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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subject of an address

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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wooden frame

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watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.); openwork (engraving, carving, etc.)

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folding fan

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protruding eyes; person with protruding eyes; result of a dice roll; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice

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heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

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fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep

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(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

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I; you

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originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

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Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy

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like; as if; the same as

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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pine grove

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

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being ...

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what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

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cough; ahem

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clearing one's throat; cough

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(one's) seating posture; way one sits

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to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of

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to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

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to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory

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easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious

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nature; disposition

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