jpdb beta

chonmage; topknot hairstyle worn by men in the Edo period, and sumo wrestlers today; please do (for me)

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to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give someone the brown-eye

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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mass (of people); large crowd

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crowd; throng

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the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe

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bamboo pole

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beyond that point; after that

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brown; light brown; tawny

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flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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Togetsu

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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whistle (sound made with the lips)

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hundreds

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one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

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Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice

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appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)

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without; but if; otherwise; or else

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letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

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real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

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thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

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boiled and half-dried bonito

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Uenokan'eiji

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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head of a temple

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3000; three thousand; many

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Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

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to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

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evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

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first warbling heard in a New Year

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name; given name; first name

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Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

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first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

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bedside; near one's pillow

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

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

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all night long; all through the night

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alternately; by turns

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hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler); chirp-chirp; tweet-tweet

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great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

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