jpdb beta

one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

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to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

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to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

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to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

2

fireside

2

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

2

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

2

why; how

2

perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray

1

understood; I see; OK; present; here

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four-legged tray for festive food

3

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

2

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

3

impudent; shameless; brazen

1

utmost limit; extremity; result

1

dining table; a dish (type of food)

1

value; worth; virtue; blessing

1

quadrilateral; square

1

to look old; to get old

2

totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling

1

nursing; (protective) care

1

afterglow

1

to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

1

throat; singing voice

2

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

2

yellow

1

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

1

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

3

scrubbing and washing; kitchen work

1

Zen master

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stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession

1

to expel; to drive out

1

in low spirits; dejected; sad

1

reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

2

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

1

entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)

1

bean

1

string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument

1

Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari; chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment

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lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)

1

rash assumption; hasty conclusion

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

corner; nook

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

2

long and narrow

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hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

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