jpdb beta

to dirty one's hands

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now is the time

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advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author

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statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker

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going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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command; direction

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counter for generations; epoch

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to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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corner; nook

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

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brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

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

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to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

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reply; answer; response

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for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)

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that gentleman; that lady; he; she

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regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts

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to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

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farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments

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moon; month

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to rust; to become rusty

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story

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lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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to remain; to be left

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seven

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redundancy; superfluity; useless addition

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(arch.) to push aside; (arch.) to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; to push open

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

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so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case

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foolish; stupid; silly

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to nip (something) in the bud

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finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

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on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

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Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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a little bit; a little while

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to open the door

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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ha ha ha; hee hee hee

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this evening; tonight

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face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

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