jpdb beta

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

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news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

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shadow; tail; following

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

that is to say; so that means

2

novelist; fiction writer

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to one's heart's content or satisfaction

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

2

general election (of the lower house)

4

politics; government

1

election

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I don't care what happens (after this)

1

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

2

absolute secrecy

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cabinet minister

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extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

4

Great Depression

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to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

1

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

1

that sort of; like that

2

coup d'état; coup

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

mud; mad

1

fever (state of excitement)

1

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

3

(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland

2

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

2

counter for temples

2

nostalgic song; golden oldie

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

2

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

4

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

2

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

1

Ootawara

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to apologize; to apologise

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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to pass; to pass by

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