jpdb beta

origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit

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Tokyo dialect (esp. historical)

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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word usage; terminology

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

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this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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imperial capital

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

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admiration; being impressed (by)

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castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

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military personnel; soldier

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

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worry; agony

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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stranger; person from another place

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to turn completely into; to become completely

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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promotion; encouragement

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Kiyomori

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Yoshinaka

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wave; ups and downs

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lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

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local commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras); draw to find the theme for poetry session; composing poetry by lot

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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mixed (e.g. team, chorus)

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upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

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sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme

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mausoleum; imperial court

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equality; impartiality; evenness

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism

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to establish; to formulate

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unemployed person

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take up farming again

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

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to go out and away; to leave

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to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)

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frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

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to be busy at work; to work diligently

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