jpdb beta

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

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small; little; few

1

number of copies; circulation

1

publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)

1

commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

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presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness

1

(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

2

political

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implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

1

bitter enemy

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men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

3

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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blighted love; disappointed love

2

to come to a settlement

2

less than ...; smaller ...

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo

1

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

7

return; welcome home

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

1

which; well; now; c'mon

1

to squat; to crouch

1

to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish

1

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

1

details; particulars

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expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)

1

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

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drama; play; powerful drug

2

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

6

depiction; description; portrayal

1

courtier; court official

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

1

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

2

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

2

character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae

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to get used to hearing

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Western person; Westerner

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kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

general; popular; common; typical

1

oh, yes?; really?

1

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

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shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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printing

3

buying; shopping; buyer; purchase

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turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

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racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer

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