jpdb beta

kindling; firelighter

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Liao (Manchurian dynasty; 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire

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dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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gambling den; gambling house

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helmet with white hair coming out of the top, making the wearer look like an old person; kanji "old" radical at top

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money paid to authorities; money paid to the government; money forcibly collected by yakuza bosses from subordinate gang members; contributions levied by gangster organizations on subordinates; money paid to a feudal lord; tribute money

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sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno

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wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

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blunder; miss; slip; oversight

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Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040); Shōmen Kongō (deity); kōshin-machi (religious wake)

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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flint; firestone

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end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card

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to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

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bits of cotton

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blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

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to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)

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six feet; traditional Japanese G-string for men; palanquin bearer

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kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

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order; command; directions; instructions

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to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

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to wear a sword at one's side

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wide (esp. of clothing); broad

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

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two equal parts; exactly two parts

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hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting

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with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang

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crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees

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opening; beginning; commencement

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Shimoyashikimachi

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stable; barn

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unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

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something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation

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whereabouts; present location

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one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)

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(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck

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embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

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dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing

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stone wall

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back row; rear rank

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stop signal; stoplight

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to intend; to be sure that

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

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to worry oneself (about)

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with humility (esp. of women in relation to their partner); humbly; (lit.) three steps behind

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the public; general public

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beeswax

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end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

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to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to

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