jpdb beta

door; gate; opening; title page

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sound of many footsteps

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different kind (species, variety); heterologous; heterogenous

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward

1

the preceding visitor

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

2

attendance; presence

1

glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look

1

Japanese style; Japanese fashion

1

camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting

1

to forget completely; to leave behind

1

helper (e.g. for a sick person); assistant; bridesmaid; best man; cornerman; second

1

Chinese dress

1

cover; mantle; shroud; hood; casing

1

several people; a few people

1

once again; yet again; (there you go) again

1

medium-sized dish

1

low voice; whisper

2

to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to look on with folded arms

1

being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank

2

four people

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

4

blue; azure; green

2

high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior

2

status of samurai

7

wealthy merchant

8

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

2

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

1

full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

2

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

meal set before one; women's advances

1

lateness; tardiness; arriving late

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

1

amusement; fun; brief entertainment

1

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

1

thickly; heavily; profusely; through and through; to the core; proper

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

1

food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

1

drink; beverage

2

knife

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attendance; presence

1

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

1

other side; opposite side; other party

1

Edo Bay

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Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)

2

to discuss; to talk together

1

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

1

construction; building

1

elderly nobleman

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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