jpdb beta

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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Hatsuhei

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Kurashiki (city); storage charges

2

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

1

toilet; lavatory

2

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

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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)

2

sedge hat and straw rain cape

2

packhorse; workhorse; hack

1

to be; to come; to go

2

if it's the case

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redeployment of arable land

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

1

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

1

level surface; plane

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arable land

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steep; precipitous

2

Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

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(water-filled) paddy field

1

dry riverbed; river beach

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

1

primary school; elementary school; grade school

7

wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

1

contract; commitment

2

town hall

1

a line (of mountains, islands, houses, etc.); bound together

1

nadir

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address

2

drawing; picture

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

actual view

1

raincoat; oilcoat

2

(Western-style) umbrella; parasol

1

coarse oilpaper umbrella

2

high clogs; rain clogs

1

covered in mud; mud-caked

1

women and children

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with curious eyes; curiously

1

to surround; to crowd around

1

principal; headmaster

2

town mayor

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village headman; village mayor

2

rainy

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side of the road; roadside

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roadside; wayside

1

simplicity; unsophisticatedness

1

long; drawn-out; very long

1

welcome; reception

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