jpdb beta

pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast

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top floor

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high spirits; boastful talk

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construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation

1

seeing; looking at

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to seal; to shut; to close; to silence; to gag; to hush

1

heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate

1

even though; despite; notwithstanding

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legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State

1

patent; special permission; license; licence

3

various kinds

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distribution of assignments

1

drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation

1

tendency; trend

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intense; violent; severe; vehement

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

2

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

1

change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation

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brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

1

whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical

1

dictatorship; despotism; autocracy; running (a company, etc.) despotically

1

self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride

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abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

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substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

1

sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

1

to change (buses, boats, etc.); to transfer (to); to possess (of a god, spirit, etc.)

1

reply; answer

1

negligence; disregard

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harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble

1

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

1

rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous

1

to be embarrassed; to lose face

1

beef

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horse meat; horsemeat

1

announcement; notice

1

extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

1

deception; deceit

1

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

1

heresy; heretical teachings; black magic

1

outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude

1

Buddhist teachings; Buddhism

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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

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

1

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

1

employee; servant

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the early church; the primitive church

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to have an interest (in)

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