jpdb beta

to become empty; to be emptied

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glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)

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pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

2

according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates

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(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

2

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

3

to compose; to write; to author

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Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only

2

if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose

1

grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments

1

to smile

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outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person

1

to become frayed; to become loose

1

mental health; mental hygiene

1

from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top

1

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

1

the good old days; halcyon days

1

to be full to the brim

1

old; olden

1

to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

1

to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

3

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

1

general; shogun

1

adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp

1

Xiang Yu (aka Kou U) (232 BC-202 BC), general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty

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Emperor Gaozu of Han (BCE 247-195); Liu Bang

1

entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

1

sense of duty (obligation)

1

in that way; like that; that way

1

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)

1

within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

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having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

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remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

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to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite

2

yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)

3

to pour forth; to spill out

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manna from heaven; an oasis in the desert; godsend; good fortune when one needed it most; meeting a good Samaritan in one's hour of need; (lit.) (meeting) Buddha in hell

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right to speak

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Ikushimachō

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really

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cause of death

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leukemia; leukaemia

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grandparents

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Natsue

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distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke

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to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

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