jpdb beta

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

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mockery; derision; ridicule

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telegram

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identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)

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(world of) politics; political world; political circles

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remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking

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to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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the same person

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investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

2

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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one large ...; a great ...

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error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

2

retirement; resignation

1

advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

1

official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter

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state; country; nation

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representative; delegate

2

emperor

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Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

1

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

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to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain

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to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

grave; serious; alarming

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(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake

1

hasty act; rash act

1

to go; to come

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being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required

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home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

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be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

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Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

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that country; (arch.) nirvana

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consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

1

stop; stoppage; end

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foreign language

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

2

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

2

faint smile

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

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foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien

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looks; personal appearance; features

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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