jpdb beta

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

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place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

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to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

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person

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someone; somebody

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to get information out of a person; to begin listening

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at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

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notice; notification

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall

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censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)

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white stone; white (go pieces)

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Takamori

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(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

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daddy; father; husband

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Masatoshi

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very young; little; childish; immature

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letter; note

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

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at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

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Bunroku

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hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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change of post

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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house arrest; being placed in confinement at home

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to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order

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father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

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to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

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to assist; to help out

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koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

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something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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Shinnosuke

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death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

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