jpdb beta

(former) imperial university

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early (days); initial stage; initial

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government service; official position; civil service

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to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down

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quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region

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daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep

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ten years; decade

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bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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second wife

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to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

2

reading (books)

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

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cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

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to eat; to drink

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divorce; dissolution of adoption

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eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

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United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)

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China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

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several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

2

professor; teaching; instruction

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to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

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lecture

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

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monthly tuition fee

2

enactment; establishment; creation

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yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

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(United States of) America; USA

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

2

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online

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one fish; one shrimp

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asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

2

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

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octopus

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

3

cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

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cram school; private tutoring school; juku

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