jpdb beta

to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air

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club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

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cleansing powder (e.g. for hair, skin or tableware); washing powder

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one bag

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small family

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rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

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to stop raining or snowing

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to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate

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to slip off

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counter for occurrences

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middle of the night; dead of night

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extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

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lane; alley

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muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire

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after the rain

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high clogs; rain clogs

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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which; what (way)

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parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

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century

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decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play

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to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

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nostril

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New Year's Day

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(in) one's absence

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feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear

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twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

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young master; young gentleman

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tonight; this evening

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play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

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utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them

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karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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electric light

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)

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present; gift

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lottery; tombola; drawing

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nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

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to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

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cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper

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joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

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text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

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to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

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this

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brackets; parentheses

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

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