jpdb beta

women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

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seductress; coquette; minx

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boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

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very small

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued

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substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity

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invitation

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performance of one's official duties

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clerical desk; office desk

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drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

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rust

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lacquerware; painting; coating

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old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word

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

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we

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Kuronushi

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gilded folding fan

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to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished

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offering a cup (of sake) in return

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irresponsible; blithe; heedless; devil-may-care; sloppy; slipshod

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dance

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to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

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to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

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interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)

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pure and innocent; immaculate

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to side with (someone); to support (someone)

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frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

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male paramour

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to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately

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to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

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greatness

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love affair; liaison

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secret; private; surreptitious

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pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting

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skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently

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space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare

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open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

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trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

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payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages

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secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting

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to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

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townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

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administrative; managerial; operational

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substitute

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sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be

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very young; little

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not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

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handrail; railing; banister

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private individual

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