jpdb beta

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

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scorn; disdain; contempt

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parents; both parents

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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

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waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

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marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

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regret; repentance

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third day of the month; three days

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west

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to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

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O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

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with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)

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prison guard; jailer; gaoler

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shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

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kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous

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to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

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to come and see (someone, something); to visit

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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to gaze long at

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tiredness; fatigue

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shabby; seedy

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elder sister; effeminate man

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use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

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fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

2

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

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ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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exactly opposite (of)

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seal

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you; noblewoman; lady

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skirt

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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to fall on one's backside

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way of talking; speaking style

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approximately the same

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from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

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to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

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ah; oh; hey!

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

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to disappear; to vanish

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to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

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