jpdb beta

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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fields (of rice and other crops)

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deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

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Musashigawa

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(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park

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stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

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

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wind and rain; rainstorm

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date; dating

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days

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wailing; lamentation

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to sidle up to

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posthumous Buddhist name

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kanji; Chinese character

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thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

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to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden

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simple; easy

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death penalty; capital punishment

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to make an error

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pangs of conscience

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avenger; revenger

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to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

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one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

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address; destination

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sender

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writing paper; stationery; notepaper

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to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

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to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

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Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern

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while being out of the office or away from home

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to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry

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not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure

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to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over

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PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car

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instant

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cube sugar; sugar cube

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to put someone to trouble

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strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance

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aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

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another day; some other day

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destruction of evidence

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to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse

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morning; forenoon; just before noon

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west

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innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity

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shaking; swaying

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former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)

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