jpdb beta

to win; to gain victory

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having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

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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this year

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eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)

2

preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election

3

to; towards; for

2

last chance

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

brains; brain tissue

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly

1

memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

2

match; game; bout; contest

4

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

4

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

2

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

2

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

2

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

1

easygoing; optimistic; conceited

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

1

main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall

1

eyelashes

2

to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance

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Harada

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how; in what way; how about

3

of course; certainly; naturally

1

strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness

1

to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

1

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

1

influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely

1

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

2

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally

1

participation; joining; entry

1

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

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Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

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

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(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

chance; opportunity; occasion

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more

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