jpdb beta

long (time); protracted; prolonged

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brewage; liquor

2

Zhejiang Province (China)

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Shoukou

3

city

7

barley kōji

1

equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")

1

too much; excessive; too

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

control; management; supervision

1

black pepper (Piper nigrum)

8

Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe

1

Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration

1

to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start

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medical book; medical journal

1

ancient Rome

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Silk Road

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

1

western regions of China

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barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

1

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

1

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

1

Chinese name

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pepper

1

Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)

1

public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

2

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

2

one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section

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counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

4

tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section

1

to bear fruit; to produce fruit

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

in spite of; regardless of

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white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

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to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

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to soak; to steep; to macerate

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to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill

3

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

1

dark reddish-brown; liver color

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wrinkle; crease; ripple

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

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steak

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meat dish

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fish-based cooking; fish dish

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stew; hodgepodge

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Western food; Western-style food

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theory

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mil (one thousandth of an inch); mill

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