jpdb beta

author; writer; novelist; artist

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expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

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duty; obligation; responsibility

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piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

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contribution (e.g. to newspaper)

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consecutive number of (or total) volumes

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ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication

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favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

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future; distant future

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what people say; rumours; public opinion

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ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

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original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical

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inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

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irregularity; irregular conjugation; translative

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shy; bashful; timid; reserved

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love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

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code; password; cipher

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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

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abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

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fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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any number of times

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to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

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sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

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suspending publication (of serialized content in newspapers, magazines, etc.)

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to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

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request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

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to do in earnest; to concentrate on; to apply one's mind to

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attic; loft

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novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

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editor (in publishing, etc.)

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

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welcome; reception

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

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Kasugano

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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ten epithets (of Buddha)

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publication

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

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humanities; liberal arts; social science; literary course; department of literature

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attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

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semi-; quasi-; associate

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editing; compilation

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

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Mizutani

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(very) short story or article; short short story; conté

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same magazine

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essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings

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