jpdb beta

hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach

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artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making

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upper part; upper region; region above

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voiceless cicada (female); Asian cicada

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dumbfounded; in mute amazement

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popular song; hit song

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melody; chime

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acetylene

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flickering; blinking

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standing room

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right beside; close to; nearby

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society; company; the public; the world

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directly opposite; right in front

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swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl

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sudden death

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I assure you it is

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to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

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to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)

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under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.)

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level of humidity

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ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

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to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce

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adopted daughter; foster daughter

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safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

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adoptive parents

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influential person; man of importance

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form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

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talk; recital; narration; topic

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path of life; the world

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to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

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transfer; assignment

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incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral

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right; privilege

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utility value

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distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

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to escape from; to get out

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fighting spirit; (will to) fight

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loss of spirit; dejection

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carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse

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heart; guts; nerve; central part

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battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

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family suicide

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enduring and accepting; submitting (to)

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sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

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stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

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place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

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though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom

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