jpdb beta

hands and feet

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to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

2

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

1

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

1

ume orchard; plum orchard; plum garden

1

cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

1

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

1

beautiful maiden; beauty

1

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

1

low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

1

low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

2

quickness; agility; activity

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit

1

very; much

1

certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

1

to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

1

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

1

talisman; amulet; charm

1

to kick down; to defeat

1

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

1

shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)

1

state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances

1

being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)

1

three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)

2

responsible position

1

violent; vehement

1

address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word

1

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

1

stirring; rousing oneself

1

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

government affairs

1

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

1

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

1

agony; anguish

1

to invite

1

prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

1

villa; another line of work

2

another line

1

hindrance; impediment

1

(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present

1

unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance

1

stealthy; secret

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