jpdb beta

one's own faction (of a party)

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bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)

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to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

smoke; fumes

7

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

4

grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand

1

to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

to catch

1

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

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baby; infant

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walls have ears

1

particularly; only; in the case of

1

origin; fundamental element

1

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

4

helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink

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little by little; bit by bit; sparingly

1

all the more

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)

1

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

2

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

12

face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

1

hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

7

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

women and children

2

hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible; touchy

2

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

2

mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)

1

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

3

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

1

giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings; praying; prayer

1

(sake) decanter

6

another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!

1

rare item; unusual item

1

sensation; great popularity; big stir; big splash

1

the very best; excellent; superb

2

next month

2

pounding mochi

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(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

4

Rikiya

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dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role

1

public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

1

old woman; joker (in old maid)

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next morning

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to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

2

aftertaste

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transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

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