jpdb beta

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

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low dining table; tea table

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drinking alcohol while pouring it for each other

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little by little; bit by bit; sparingly

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older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

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winter crow

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to put on heavy makeup; to powder heavily; to paint thickly; to paint beautifully

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cold wintry wind

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six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

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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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udon, vegetables, fish, etc. in broth, served in a pot

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blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

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next day; following day

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suit; set of boxes

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public bath; bathhouse

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in the background; not standing out

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pockmark

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to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings

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young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

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I; me

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T-shaped

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breeze off a river

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to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)

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murder scene (in kabuki, etc.)

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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household; home; family

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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nowhere; not anywhere (with neg. verb)

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bicycle

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ship's bottom; bilge

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ripples on a river

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two-sworded (samurai)

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year end

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to be fast at walking and running; to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs)

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whistling of a prostitute (to attract customers)

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on countless occasions; many a time

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to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

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red-light district

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior

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to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

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manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

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prostitute

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iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus

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on the water; aquatic; waterside; water's edge

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to increase; to multiply

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low-grade prostitute; prostitute working from boats on the Sumida River

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geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency

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to trick; to cheat; to deceive

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