jpdb beta

to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant

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sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

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deuteragonist; secondary or supporting actor in a noh or kyogen play (possibly multiple actors)

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incendiarism

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way; destination; reason

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appearance; looks

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two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple

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as everyone knows; needless to point out

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very loud voice

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grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery

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Brahman; Brahma; Brahma; Hindu creator god; Sanskrit

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great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

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tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

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dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)

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Uroctea compactilis (species of araneomorph spider)

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Nobutada

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one's pocket

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spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

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end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

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serial; serialized novel; serialised novel

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warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot

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sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)

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sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)

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difference; disparity; gap

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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day after day; every day

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distaste; unsavoriness; unsavouriness

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all the domestic (housekeeping) chores

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physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

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telephone call; telephone (device)

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(telephone) receiver

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open-minded; receptive; free from preconceived ideas

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to bud

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tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

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pressure; force

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

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to be expensive; to be costly

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usage charge; usage fee

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing

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to join together; to combine; to join up

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title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

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minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)

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mobile; mobile (sculpture)

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crossword puzzle

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daily publication; daily issue

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puzzle

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incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)

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beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)

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