jpdb beta

diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

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feudal society

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heredity; (genetic) inheritance

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mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune

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character; personality

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gentleman

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pride; haughtiness

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samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior

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high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)

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somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

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dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

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notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious

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lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

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(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person

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sinking; subsidence

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American (person)

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jazz band

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popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty

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tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

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Yasugi

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top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper

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tailcoat

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to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

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alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)

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seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

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continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on

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nationalistic; ultranationalistic

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extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)

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youth; adolescence

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middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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to grow old; to age

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equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent

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age; years

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cosmopolitan

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

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lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with

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Meiji Restoration (1868)

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lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid

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car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster

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to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

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railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

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not so

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

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to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

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fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

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another thing; other things; another man's property

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labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

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busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden

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