jpdb beta

on a stage; on a platform; on an altar

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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three people

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

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discipline; training; teaching manners

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great difference; major mistake

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surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

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hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

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full moon

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to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

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siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)

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to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

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understanding; comprehension

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kitchen; financial situation

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fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality

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fire; conflagration

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main shrine; inner sanctuary

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to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

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relative; relation

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children

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Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon

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support; backing; patronage

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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orphan

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a quarrel; argument

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

2

to draw lots

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(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

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grandiose; exaggerated

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senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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sooner or later

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blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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place to go; destination

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to lose one's life

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letting (someone) die without helping

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end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

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to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

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to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

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to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

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to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

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