jpdb beta

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

2

(national) isolationism; isolation policy

1

great majority

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

2

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

3

family

3

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

4

cannot; must not

4

foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider

1

to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)

1

to avoid; to evade

2

national consciousness

1

establishment; settlement

2

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

2

fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another

1

common; simple

1

metal basin

1

spare time; free time; leisure

1

lenient; gentle

1

to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn

1

eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest

1

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)

3

prompt; immediate; in real time

1

commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies

1

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

1

raising an army

6

uprising; revolt

1

at a stroke; with a single swoop

1

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

2

indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

1

ambitious (heroic) undertaking; daring enterprise; grand scheme

1

spirit; heart; disposition

2

very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly

3

grand-scale or long-range plan; farsighted policy

1

the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

1

reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong

2

destruction; ruin; nirvana; cessation (of earthly desires); dying (from overwhelming emotion); being overwhelmed (by something)

1

to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

1

a little; somewhat; slightly

1

space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

1

human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

1

(not) in any way; in no way

1

meaning; significance

5

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

1

restoration of imperial rule; Restoration (England)

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throughout Japan

4

Emperor of Japan

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