jpdb beta

first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy

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house; hall; building

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elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology

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to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

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Otabe Yuuji

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coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

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record; transcript

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Chuukoubunko (publisher)

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birth; creation; formation

2

shallow view; superficial idea

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Bunshun Bunko (paperback label)

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nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

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company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

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authentic account

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on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)

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weekly publication

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morning sun

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history

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manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

2

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

4

price; cost

2

library; book collection; paperback book

2

works cited; references

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to grow up; to become an adult

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proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

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face; looks; vestiges; trace

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to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

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to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up

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cardboard; thick paper

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silk or paper with cotton threads

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bookshelf

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silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

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formal marriage interview

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(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing

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sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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family name; house name; family honour; family honor

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scolding

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sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

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irresponsibility

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base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low

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character

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creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

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presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent

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to address

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to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

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