jpdb beta

to pretend; to feign

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monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

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to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow

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to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

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to pretend

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to be true to nature; to be lifelike

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hostile party; enemy side

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death in battle

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surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

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huge win; overwhelming victory

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the right person in the right place

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

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broad-minded; (of a rikishi) tall, with long reach, making it harder for their opponent to get a grip on their mawashi

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awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

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to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

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emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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at least

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in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice

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broad-minded

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

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chasing after women; womanizing

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to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)

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finally; in the end; on top of all that

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rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

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fortune; property

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peeling off; coming off

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young master; young gentleman

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implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

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empty; vacant; hollow

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peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea

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warrior class

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instead of; replacing; on behalf of

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(social) class; rank; grade

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Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

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to well up; to burst; to arise

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen

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to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon

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to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

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to be intimate with; to befriend

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pose; pause

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on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

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true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

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to see through; to see the true nature of something

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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