jpdb beta

mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips

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both sides

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to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

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(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

5

convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)

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the late; the deceased

3

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

2

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

4

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

5

cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm

4

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

4

(air) temperature

3

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)

3

playful age; heyday of youth

2

this and that; such and such

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easy chair; armchair

2

elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting

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love; affection

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heatstroke

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bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite

3

to backfire; to have a harmful result

5

director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector

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moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

3

to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld

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military cap

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challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

2

low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

2

cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain

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column shape; cylinder; columnar

2

tombstone; gravestone

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grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

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cemetery; graveyard

3

(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily

3

self-assertion

3

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

2

style; form; pattern

3

customary; conventional; usual

2

scriptures; canon; teaching guide

1

one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable

2

to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)

2

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

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beloved; dearest

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to be confused; to be in disorder; to be chaotic; to have troubles; to be in a dispute; to argue

1

to make a speech; to address

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