jpdb beta

to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

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table

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shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

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dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)

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competing; competition; auction

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bracken

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royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern

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Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

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to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

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cave; hollow; cavity; hollow

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is it not so?

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foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

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migrant worker; economic nomad

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to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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only; sole; unique

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after dinner

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a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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optimistic

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taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

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to begin to dance; to break into a dance

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the 8 districts of feudal Japan

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rivers and mountains; landscape

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folk song; popular song

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to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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janggu (Korean hourglass drum); janggo; changgo

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(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

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dance

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worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

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yangban; traditional ruling class of Korea during the Joseon dynasty

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Joseon Dynasty (Korea, 1392-1910); Yi Dynasty; Ly Dynasty (Vietnam, 1009-1225)

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noble; aristocrat; peer

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big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate

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tee-hee

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thorough discussion; careful consideration; rigorous investigation

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narrator; storyteller; reciter

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hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner

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to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

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role

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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