jpdb beta

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

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town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

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parents; both parents

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

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woman; lady; adult female

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)

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red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)

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beach; foreshore

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to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare

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idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

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complaint

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passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving

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alone; by oneself; on one's own

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overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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brain; brains; mind

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state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

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moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

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very; much

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(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

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not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails

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resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

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pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

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in one's own way or style

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fortunately; luckily; thankfully

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despotism; autocracy

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sensitivity; susceptibility

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pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

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futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

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to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

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bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

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loss; forfeit

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Floyd; Freud

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ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

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to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent

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justification; warrant

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to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition

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as (somebody) says

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expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

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I see; that's right; indeed

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general public; the masses

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heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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