jpdb beta

to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

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dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

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roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger

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rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

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at first; initially; in the beginning

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to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)

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total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

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buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

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soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings

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porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

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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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evening meal

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juice; sap; soup; broth

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to drink up; to drain (cup)

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to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

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to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

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old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

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to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

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to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich

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middle-aged woman

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moonlight

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wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

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north side; north bank

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displaying prostitutes behind a grille

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make-up; makeup; cosmetics

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touting; tout; barker; pander

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young lord; successor of one's current lord

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to speak through the nose; to nasalize

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tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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to get too familiar with; to become too familiar with

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the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

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passing through without stopping; passing by

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to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

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to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

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flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed

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searching for someone; search for a missing person

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complete change; about-face

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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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.)

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prostitute (esp. Edo period)

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stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

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desperate; hopeless

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not care; not caring

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to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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