jpdb beta

to flit about

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upper body

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flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable

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right shoulder

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side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

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flash; brandish

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lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source

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covered with; stained; smeared

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three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

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kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

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sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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spurt or spray of blood

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haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

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blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

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to be smeared; to be covered

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to run up to

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to grimace; to make a wry face

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tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

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to cut to pieces

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brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

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bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

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Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

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frightening; terrifying

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to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

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knot

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cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

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to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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thus; in this way

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abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

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pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

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to boil down

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portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)

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to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

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paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka

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spelling; orthography; patching; binding

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notebook; account book; register

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cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

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first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

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personality; style; appearance

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prayer; heartfelt wish

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thick (esp. paper, cloth)

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Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)

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July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

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lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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page

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inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

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