jpdb beta

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

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rough (explanation, details, etc.); broad; general; grabbing a big handful

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boastful speech; bragging

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not long has passed since ...

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

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to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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counter for birds, rabbits, etc.

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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drama; playbook

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Danshichi

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Kurobee

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

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original work

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investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated

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original text

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sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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to bear; to endure

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boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

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fifty; 50

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to solicit; to demand; to extort

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

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difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

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Yasaka

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neighboring village; neighbouring village

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts

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to the end; to the last

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attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

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guardian deity of one's birthplace

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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Konishi Raizan

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100,000; hundred thousand

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authentic work (as opposed to a fake)

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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deafness; deaf person

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proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

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unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic

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explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry); (arch.) interesting; (arch.) strange; (arch.) unreasonable; (arch.) unfavorable; (arch.) lowly

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deafness

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ahead; before; the future

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Jirobee

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old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home

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portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist

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(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

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