jpdb beta

eleven o'clock

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shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

2

khaki (colour)

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chino pants

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panama hat

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

3

office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker

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bow (salute, greeting)

2

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

6

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

1

to wipe; to dry

1

rustling of clothes

1

changing clothes; change of clothes

2

white clothing

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

lacquering; lacquer ware

2

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

3

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

4

sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)

1

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

1

piety

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cold; frigid; bracing; dignified

1

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

1

Buddhist (household) altar

2

to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick

1

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

1

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

1

Shinto; Shintoism

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

1

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

2

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

2

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

2

Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

5

U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers

1

scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

6

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

4

patient

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

3

female (animal, plant)

1

old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

1

surgeon

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

3

to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to punch (e.g. ticket); to prune (e.g. shrub)

1

very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

1

handling; manipulation

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religious; spiritual

2

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

1

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

6

ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address

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