jpdb beta

midwife

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

news

2

last days; the end; one's fate

1

premature birth

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to be born; to come into the world

3

first cry of a newborn baby

1

stillbirth

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to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)

4

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

1

egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

3

to regret

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

8

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

1

telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out

1

family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

2

disinheritance; disowning

1

to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

2

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

1

marriage proposal; marriage talks

2

embarrassed; ashamed

1

the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes

1

originally

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island in a pond or river

1

(licensed) red light district

3

prostitute; harlot

2

occupation; calling; livelihood

1

relative; relation

1

claimant; caretaker

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned

1

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

1

(army) division

8

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

1

oiran; highest-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute

1

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

1

original work

1

movie; film; motion picture

1

(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

1

Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

1

to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

trade; buying and selling

1

to get drunk

1

downtown

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