jpdb beta

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup

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sleeveless clothing

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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row house built on top of a castle wall; row houses surrounding a main residence; having great knowledge about Buddhism; Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

2

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)

2

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence

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all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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Yamazaki

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after all; because; but; even; too; as well

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hundreds

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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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to have a talk; to tell a story

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such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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who; what kind of person

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

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freedom; liberty

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to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

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rule

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to subsist; to keep on living

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to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is

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convenient

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to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless

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to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

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coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

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to be silent; to say nothing

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

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

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formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

2

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

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release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

2

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

2

shoulder

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insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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you; I; me; oneself

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friend; pal; buddy; mate

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(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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