jpdb beta

features

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false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

1

real name

2

back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind

1

to be erected; to be built

1

spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

1

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

18

to start eating

1

to break the silence; to break one's silence

1

entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

1

subordinate person

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second wife

3

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

rarely; seldom

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

2

1000 yen

1

bank; banking institution

4

some people; a few people; several people

6

guard; convoy; escort

1

tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

to shoot to death

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

2

unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust

2

right of possession

1

user; end-user; consumer

1

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

1

light eating; spare diet; not eating much

3

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

1

tradition; convention

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation

1

professional sumo wrestling

1

Autumn Tournament (held in Tokyo in September)

1

sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi

2

rug; lag (esp. in online gaming)

1

bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with

2

commentator

1

gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics

1

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

1

yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

1

detour; diversion

1

to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden

1

regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

stream; brook; creek

1