jpdb beta

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

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artifice; intrigue

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Bandō; former name of the Kantō region

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Heike family; Taira family

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sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated

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tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

5

Shinra Saburō (nickname of Minamoto no Yoshimitsu, 1045 – 1127)

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direct line of descent; lineage of eldest son; main branch of a family; legitimate lineage

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

2

to expel; to drive out

1

younger sister

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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

2

mistress; kept woman; concubine

1

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...

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anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

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gnashingly (e.g. gritting one's teeth); with a grinding sound; with a creak

1

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

2

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

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so-and-so; who?; which people?

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to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask

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taciturn

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incommunicative; taciturn

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unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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from the beginning

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corner; nook

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to push aside; to brush aside

2

tone of voice (e.g. in a sweet tone); timbre

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)

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26; twenty six

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long ago; a long time ago; already

2

marriageable age; chance of marriage

1

until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

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to marry

2

to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord

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(one's parents') home

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support; stay; prop

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selfish

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manly; masculine; like a man

2

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

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enlightenment; spiritual awakening; reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.); reaching the highest echelons; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight

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self-awareness; consciousness of one's true character

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attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

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useless; in vain

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halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona

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above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

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