jpdb beta

disturbance; riot; mayhem

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state resident; people of a state

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decision; settlement; definition

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spots; speckles; mottles

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vague; obscure; vast; boundless

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to oppose someone's opinion; to refute; to contradict

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed

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perpetuity; eternity

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frugal person

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fixed rule; usual way; usual method

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protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something

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word (opinion, objection)

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one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

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different view; alternative theory; dissenting view

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exaggerated talk

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gullibility

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medium; diviner; shaman; oracle

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(arch.) charmed and cursed; something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons

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to wipe; to dry

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indulgence; addiction; infatuation

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headwind; adverse wind

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sea route; voyage; ocean trip

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wave; ups and downs

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to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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direct delivery

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sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise

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favourable wind; favorable wind

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sailing windward; land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns)

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lightly; easily; carelessly

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belief or doubt; truth or error; authenticity

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sagacity; wisdom; intelligence

2

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

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military system

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conventionalism; old style

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change; transformation; innovation; Reformation

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to succeed; to bear fruit

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spontaneity; spontaneous passive

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to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

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shallow learning and limited information; being ignorant and badly informed

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one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

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repentance; confession; penitence

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worldly affairs; ways of the world

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change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

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