jpdb beta

if not ...; unless ...

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lord; master

2

youth

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

2

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

2

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

3

to become rough (waves, temper, etc.); to become excited; to become aggravated

1

reclaimed land

2

messenger; envoy; emissary

1

consent; compliance

1

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

2

off the coast; offshore; out at sea

1

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

1

large junk, with capacity for 1,000 koku of rice

1

sail

1

scenery; scene; landscape

1

to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize

1

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

2

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

2

arrival

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it's been a long time; long time no see

1

call; invitation

2

to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy

1

pleased; obliged; appreciative

1

word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake

1

to hide; to conceal

2

oval-faced; long-faced

1

gutsy; fearless; unwavering

1

good health

1

substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

1

to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

1

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

2

vigorous; healthy; sound

1

placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition

2

reopening; resumption; restarting

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

3

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

3

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

7

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

2

paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka

1

to wipe; to dry

1

to have a rumor circulating

1

originally

2

to be at a loss for words

1

to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

2

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

5

public funds

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

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