jpdb beta

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

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third stage; three stages

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conference; discussion

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open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

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Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

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head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

2

to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict

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scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer

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as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell

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stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs

1

hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary

3

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

1

to be beyond words; to defy description

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just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

2

explanation; interpretation

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loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

1

press law; publication law

1

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

2

Kiyoshi

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department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)

1

ability; performance; efficiency

1

sub-; inferior; minor

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

1

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

1

to expel; to drive out

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as (somebody) says

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to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

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appointing to a responsible post; making much of

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introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

5

Meiji period (1868-1912)

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noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

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to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

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national defence; national defense

3

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)

1

going through; going via; going by way of

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South Seas

3

scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities

1

coolie

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suggestion; proposal

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yoke; constraints; oppression

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(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place

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writing in large letters

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recorded in history; historical

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starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

4

epithet

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to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

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to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

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