jpdb beta

to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable

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you; dear; honey

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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

6

to be able to manage somehow or another

2

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

4

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

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female molester; stupid woman

5

dealing with; coping with

1

imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress

1

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

9

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

5

to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into

2

riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

9

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

4

trifling; trivial

1

Japanese-style room

7

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

2

self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin

3

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

1

bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

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container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

1

flour; meal; powder; dust

3

hot water; hot bath

1

preparing powdered tea (at a tea ceremony)

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rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

2

green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

1

tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

1

foaming; frothing; lathering

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cream; ice cream

1

attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed

2

matcha; powdered green tea

1

coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)

1

tea ceremony; Way of Tea

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manners; etiquette

3

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

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manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

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eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!

3

hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

2

to drink up; to drain (cup)

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sugar bowl; sugar jar

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improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

2

sugar

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tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

3

soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush

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