jpdb beta

chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company

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only son

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favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

2

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

3

and (also); both ... and; as well as

2

head house (family); birthplace; originator

2

invitation

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

this place; where one comes from; here

1

first; new

1

(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)

1

calling on; visiting

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to do

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interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

1

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

2

clapping hands; applause

7

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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pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

2

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

8

forelock; bangs

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round and cute (esp. of eyes)

1

pupil (of eye); eye

2

wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)

2

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

1

mountain range; mountain belt

1

well; now; then

2

this evening; tonight

1

brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

2

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

2

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract); to act as a go-between; to act as mediator; to curry favour with

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to become (formal)

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way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

1

red face

4

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

6

bare shoulder

1

to interrupt; to jeer

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

2

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

gossip; corner of the mouth

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

3

program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance

2

third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)

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masterpiece

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