jpdb beta

string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse

3

shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin

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pentagon

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dedication; offering; presentation; oblation

7

form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

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front approach to shrine or temple

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to become completely chilled

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burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

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to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed

1

this (current) year

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first shrine visit of the New Year

1

peak; peek

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good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster

2

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

1

buckwheat flour

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mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

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coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

6

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

being very good at; strongest point

1

to speak from memory

1

inlet; bay

1

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

1

brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend

3

fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle

2

rather; sooner; preferably

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team competition; team game

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suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)

1

to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

1

viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window

1

departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

1

painter; artist

40

occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade

4

painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting

4

Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)

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canvas

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subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials

4

tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki

2

stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

7

to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of

4

to twine around

1

to paint a picture; to draw a picture

23

automatic door

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nod; inclination of the head

2

showing no sign (of)

1

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

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banknote; bill; note; paper money

1