jpdb beta

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

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starvation; famine; hunger

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to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

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the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

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a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person

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namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)

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Akita (city, prefecture)

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protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair

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little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

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to show up; to appear; to turn up

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mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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(young) girl

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god of poverty

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to settle (in a place); to settle down

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perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

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to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

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trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

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speech and conduct; words and deeds

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to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

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contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

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woman who brings the rain with her wherever she goes; woman who is constantly unlucky with the weather

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to send (rain); to shed

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mountain witch; yamauba

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deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

2

old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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akaname; Japanese creature said to lick filth in bathrooms

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dirt; filth; grime

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella

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youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

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umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

2

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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lantern ghost; demonic lantern

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paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

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ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

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one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster

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single eye; one eye; single lens; simple eye; ocellus

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rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

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perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

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descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild

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Gokuu

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to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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cloud

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magic staff

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

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