jpdb beta

official announcement; proclamation

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order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

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the people; the public; the world

1

talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip

3

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

2

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

1

exceedingly; very

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

4

historical fact

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from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

1

rather than

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Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

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trade (foreign)

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reopening; resumption; restarting

1

previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

2

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

1

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

3

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

1

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

2

great wealth; enormous fortune

1

in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

4

to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs

1

to hide; to conceal

1

economic problem

1

outbreak of war; starting a war

2

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

2

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

East Asia; the Orient

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

religious; spiritual

1

right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face

1

Nobunaga

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heredity; (genetic) inheritance

1

once; some time ago

3

early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian

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guardian; protector; patron; parent

1

one's later years; final years (in life)

3

foreign country

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missionary

2

curse; spell; malediction

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

2

biographer

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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oppression; suppression; pressure

1

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

1

report; information

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