jpdb beta

stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position

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locational advantage; advantageous position

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fortune-telling; divination

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central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

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to come back (to); to return to a starting point

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to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

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Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)

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to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

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Daigo

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to set fire (to)

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blackmail; extortion; persistent demand

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immediately; promptly

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Tatedashi

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desirable

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voices (of many people)

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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fast-talking; rapid talking

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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such and such

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astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

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preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

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to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

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look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

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lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

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to push aside; to push one's way through

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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bolt from the blue; great surprise

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coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

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wild or untamed horse

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unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

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to shake off; to throw off

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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to send word

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poor plan

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi

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in this case

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lax; lenient; slow

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means; way; measure

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flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression

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midnight

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