jpdb beta

greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies

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national expenditure; government spending; public funds

5

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

2

managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising

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prompt; immediate; in real time

2

approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage

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even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

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financial aspects

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fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits

1

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

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production; manufacture

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construction; establishment

1

return of government (to Kyoto); making former capital (esp. Kyoto) the capital again

1

various goods; prices

1

all; everything

1

splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance

1

show; display; pretensions; pose; posture

1

acceleration

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expenditure; disbursement; expenses

1

tribute

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tax

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draft budget

1

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

high-ranking official

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hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly

2

to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap

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for one thing ...

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thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

1

reform; innovation

3

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

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revision

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sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

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to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

2

our country; our land; one's own country

1

decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution

1

originality

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neighboring country; neighbouring country

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China; Chinese food

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Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

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failure; mistake; blunder

3

incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral

1

conversion (of paper money, esp. into specie)

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)

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lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

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merely for form's sake

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foreign country

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precedent

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