jpdb beta

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

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style; form; pattern

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to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

2

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

2

to ask a high price; to overcharge

2

huge; gigantic; enormous

2

dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

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steep slope

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branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer; abatis

2

breastwork; parapet; fortress; parapet; chest wall

1

wooden fence; board fence

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twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled

1

large tree

4

five most important temples of a region

1

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

1

dozens; scores of; decades

1

counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

3

encampment

4

shingle roof

1

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

5

mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus

4

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

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark

1

under construction

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

to count; to enumerate

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hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

3

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

3

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

1

anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation

2

one day; (on) a certain day

1

pitiable; pitiful; piteous; sorry; sad

1

good; goodness; right; virtue

2

that's the way it is; such is life

1

to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations

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opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

2

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

2

in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...

2

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess

1

meritorious deed; services

1

situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position

1

to approach

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exactly as stated; verbatim

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first base; first baseman; one fort

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rapid (e.g. progress)

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to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

1

to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

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