jpdb beta

habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk

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brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish

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pitch-black; jet-black

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highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)

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to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty

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ear (head) of rice

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memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage

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corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

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indeed; really; truly; very much

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cloth-dyeing technique incorporating flower patterns

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Muromachi period (1336-1573)

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to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing

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dyeing; dyed goods; goods to be dyed

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multi-

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colour usage; color usage; use of colour

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type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process

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decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

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now; nowadays

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excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much

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small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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quietly; slowly; gracefully

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to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

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to twist; to contort

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water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

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dress; clothes; drapery

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sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

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bingo

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hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

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sense of accomplishment

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something like ...; something called ...

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devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

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to bind up; to tie up

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to pull up; to haul up

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back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds

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to make a fool of (someone)

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

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careful; elaborate; scrupulous

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to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

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as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

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quick work; (clever) feat

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bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

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