jpdb beta

Amami

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Hadžići

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calligrapher; individual with good penmanship

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style of penmanship

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eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead

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Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

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paradise across the ocean (folk belief of Okinawa and Amami)

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general; conceptual

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive

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to recall; to remember

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nostalgia; homesickness

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first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag

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god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife

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long talk; long-winded speech

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flutter; linger

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clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance

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pleasure of looking (at something beautiful or precious); sight for sore eyes; feast for the eyes

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well; in good health; safe; free from accident

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well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

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manners; courtesy; etiquette

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cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

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to come face to face (with)

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to shut a door

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small, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)

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matryoshka; Russian nesting doll

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metallic sound; metallic clank

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; nested structure; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted by a parent of a deceased child

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curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

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threshing (e.g. rice)

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to escape from; to get out

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leftovers; remains; leavings; remnant; surplus

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homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings

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banknote; bill; note; paper money

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit

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(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits

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to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit

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long; eternal

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long arm; monkey arm

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three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly

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losing weight; slimming; lean person

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windpipe

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hydrophobia; rabies

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to be ill; to suffer from

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crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

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no trouble; easy; simple

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with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang

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