jpdb beta

disorder; confusion; disturbance (of order, peace, etc.); corruption (e.g. of public morals)

3

handbook; manual; compendium

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hard to do

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bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

6

white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

2

counter for chairs or seats

1

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

1

store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

1

Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

3

grounds; premises

2

human flesh

1

harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

2

virus

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

1

command; direction

1

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

4

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

4

lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires

1

subterranean tunnel

1

firm; solid; inflexible; immovable

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly

1

(public) duty

1

news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

3

probable; likely

1

anticipation; expectation

3

bed and food; eating and sleeping

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

bridge

1

narrow-minded; intolerant; petty

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

2

homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

2

to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

1

pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

2

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

3

decapitation

2

urgent report; urgent message

1

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

1

home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

hill; height; knoll; rising ground

3

feminine handwriting; woman's hand

1

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

2

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

2

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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