jpdb beta

to carry in; to bring in

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wicker(work) (cane, rattan) chair

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rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)

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tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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idea; suggestion; plan

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hammock

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to purchase; to buy in

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sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta

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alcove post

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long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents

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fortune; luck

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calamity; misfortune; disaster

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good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

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handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

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only; sole; unique

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many years

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in a sense; in some way; to an extent

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marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

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to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

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old couple; elderly couple

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cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

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big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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gentle; mild; meek; tender

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head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

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not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

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apology; excuse

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safety; welfare; well-being

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elegant; graceful; refined

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(head) clerk

3

after death

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employer's house; master's house

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at least; at most; (even) just

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to watch over; to watch attentively

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to grow old

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position; place of employment

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quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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commissioned officer

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

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party; banquet; feast

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Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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elegance; refinement; grace; aroma

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to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

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mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life)

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uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings

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