jpdb beta

specific area; specified region; designated area

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pencil

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licensed prostitute

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buying sex; hiring a prostitute

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red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

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Anti-Prostitution Law

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shōchū made from sake lees

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sake lees

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distillation

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blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

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Kabukichō

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new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory

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Oosakashinishinariku

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big prize; first prize

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buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase

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1000-stitch belt; soldier's charm with stitches by a thousand women

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staple fiber; staple fibre

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substitute

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synthetic fibre; synthetic fiber

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rayon; artificial silk

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stocking up on; hoarding

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wood gas vehicle

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bride

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pure cotton; all-cotton

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all-wool

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car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto

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to increase; to add to; to augment

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hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

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Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

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motto; slogan; catchword

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umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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food shortage

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to fall behind the times; to miss out (on an opportunity); to miss the boat; (lit.) to miss the bus

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bus

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implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

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winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)

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universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof

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the treasure that is children; child

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patriotism

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four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)

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Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression

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lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

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to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

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Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression

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fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

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modest; reserved; quiet; humble

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change of course; changing direction; shifting position (of retreating forces); retreat

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poster

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imperial headquarters announcement

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