jpdb beta

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

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to overhear

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with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily

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floorboard

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tunnel

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stealthy steps; soft steps

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window frame; sash

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old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

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yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

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to brighten; to grow light

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bright red; bright

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to blaze; to burn brightly

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torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

6

food offering to the gods; prepared food

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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the Three Jewels; the Triple Gem; Triratna; the Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns

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sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

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pine needle

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to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

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altar

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to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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selflessness

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transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

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drum

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local customs

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musical instrument

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carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

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bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt

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picture scroll

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musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)

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one may well say so, but ...; even more than

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devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker

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with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

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copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird

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ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

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unidentifiable; unidentified

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seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

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gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)

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(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice

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each other; one another

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to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

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avant-garde

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mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird

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