jpdb beta

delicious; tasty

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to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

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serious; not joking; straight

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gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)

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mature woman; middle-aged woman

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small sum of money

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sham marriage; fake marriage

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just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)

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to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

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unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

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large snake; heavy drinking; heavy drinker

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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to drink too much

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mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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rape; violation

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to lay out a futon; to make a bed

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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hell

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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

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(period of) a year; during an era

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something that will help develop one's artistic skill

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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you fool!; you idiot!

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never again

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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to go to see (something, someone); to visit

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first; new

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

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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prostitute (esp. Edo period)

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

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to be needed; to be wanted

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to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

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