jpdb beta

to catch a cold

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measure; step; action

1

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

to make a speech; to address

1

to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

1

to put on airs; to assume importance

1

to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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Tenbun era (1532.7.29-1555.10.23)

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Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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Jinsuke

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(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

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astronomy

2

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

2

400; four hundred

1

olden days; former

2

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

2

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

each; every; all

1

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

1

closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

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warrior; samurai

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tradition; legend

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3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

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to unsheathe

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interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

fault; defect; minor; 5-point card

1

trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass

1

short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized

2

small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

1

ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

1

to spoil; to rot; to corrode

1

son of a bitch; piece of shit

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

1

shut up!; be quiet!

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son

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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deep distress

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to be relieved; to feel relieved

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sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

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careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

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shoji (paper sliding door)

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ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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