jpdb beta

to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge

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gist; main point

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

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for show; for appearance's sake; ostentatiously; to look good

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practice; practising; training; study

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to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)

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to say (something) over one's shoulder

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to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

2

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)

2

starting point; point of departure

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to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

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just past noon; afternoon

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absence; disregard; indifference

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caregiver; care worker; carer

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate

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large plate; platter

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both hands; both arms; ten

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helper

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival

2

storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown

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mortar; plaster; stucco

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whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)

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interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace

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personality; style; appearance

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

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door; gate; opening; title page

3

mold; mould; mildew

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smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

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to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink

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May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

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cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold

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chilly; unpleasantly cold

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sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

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open air

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isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

taste; elegance; scenic beauty

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armful; bundle

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wicker clothes hamper

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heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

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corner; nook; recess

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to provide; to arrange; to install

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to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move

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antique; antique artwork

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to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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