jpdb beta

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

2

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

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to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

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destruction of evidence

4

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

2

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

2

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

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evidence; proof

2

destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment

1

don't you think?; indicates question

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

to understand; to make out

1

broom

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

4

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

3

leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food

1

to declare impressively

2

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand

1

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1

survival; survivor; relic

2

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

1

vivid; clear; distinct

1

house; building

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

1

months and years

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to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

1

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

1

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

to swell up

2

attention; giving one's attention; focusing

1

should do; ought to do

1

level; standard; water level

1

to smash up; to defeat crushingly

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

to steal (from a person)

1

to hand over; to surrender

2

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

1

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

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secret; private; surreptitious

2

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

3

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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