jpdb beta

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

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mother; mom; mum; mama

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father

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Juurobee

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bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

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beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

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to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

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to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

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pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

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

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to speak; to say; to vocalize

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once more; again

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to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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book; volume; this; present; main; head

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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always; all the time; never; usual; regular

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little finger; pinky; little toe

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shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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just because; even if; even though

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the New Year dawns

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

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butterfly

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repeatedly; several times; many times

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beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute

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Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

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strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

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that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

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everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

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to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

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to talk; to chat; to chatter

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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boiled and half-dried bonito

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

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