jpdb beta

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

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to skin; to peel

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to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

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indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

1

counter for generations; epoch

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

5

Hundred Years War (1337-1453)

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

1

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

2

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

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

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

6

history

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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literature

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manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

1

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

5

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

3

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

6

lady; noblewoman

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

2

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

1

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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to show; to display

1

refined; genteel; graceful; decent

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

3

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

3

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

4

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

1

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

6

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

2

mother

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

2

now; the present time; just now; another; more

3

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

7

such ... as; or some such

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

6

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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in that way; thus; so; so?

3

to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

1

why; how

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