jpdb beta

women and children

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assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

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production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)

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gem; jewel; precious stone

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to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again

3

rice cultivation; rice farming

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Viking

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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ocean

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(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings

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magnet; compass

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how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

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drifting; drift; being adrift

3

one's native land

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dugout canoe

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roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain

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tree; trees and shrubs

3

shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard

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weak; frail; fragile

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man and horse; rider and horse; centaur

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battalion; large force

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truth

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love; adoration; being fond of; having a passion for

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be (that) as it may; having said that

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investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into

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borrowing

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conceptualism

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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Rikkokushi; six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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attentiveness

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dugout canoe

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rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

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sailcloth; canvas

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sailor; boatman; passenger

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fruit

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not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

2

along the way; along the road

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advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author

1

another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

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(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)

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(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

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level; just; peaceful

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uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)

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China; Chinese

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China; Chinese

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rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

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art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

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Confucius

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