jpdb beta

national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty

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(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)

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Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i

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to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

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to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

2

(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient

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to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace

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wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

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China

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history book

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Japan

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loyalty; allegiance; fidelity

2

to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

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pseudo-; quasi-

2

cherry tree

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to see; to look; to watch; to try to

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guess; speculation; supposition

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handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

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a certain ...; some ...

5

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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gloomy; obscure

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miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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three-day journey

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Shijuumagaritouge

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continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last

2

curvature; warp; bend

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before long; in a few days

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space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

3

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

3

open sea; ocean

2

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

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cape (on coast)

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more and more; increasingly; all the more

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time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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clothing; garment; dress

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new; unused; new; obvious; natural

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one person; another name; nickname; alias

2

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

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Umematsu

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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said; aforementioned

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old; olden

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