jpdb beta

to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind

1

one ear

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stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)

2

vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

1

shaman

1

military science; strategy; tactics

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

3

for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

1

assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job

1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

7

family tradition

1

recitation; reciting from memory

1

perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray

1

one's own house; own; personal; autologous

1

insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive

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to maintain; to continue to have

2

maternal line; mother's side of the family

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

1

deep black

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Japan and the West; Japanese style and Western style

1

black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

1

snow-white; pure; immaculate

4

lovely face

1

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

2

to feel nostalgic for the past; to look back fondly on the old days; to yearn for days gone by

1

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

larva; grub; maggot

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in the earth; in the ground; underground

2

to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

1

to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

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to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

2

broccoli

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grains; lumps; drops; grainy; bumpy; coarse

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bathroom

3

bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom

2

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

2

lacquering; lacquer ware

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low temperature

1

hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa

9

reheating bathwater; cooking more rice

1

cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical); semen; sperm

1

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

pail; bucket

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plain wood; unfinished woodwork

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dressing room

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north side; north bank

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(hinged) door

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