jpdb beta

accidental resemblance

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the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

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various fiefdoms; various domains

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

5

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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and then; after that

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

2

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

1

they; them

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

1

Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

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a certain ...

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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be; is

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

2

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

2

adds force or indicates command

9

shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

2

neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance

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to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

3

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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to be the case that

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he; she; that person; (arch.) you

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

2

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label

2

paper

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writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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analog; analogue

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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Tokyo

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

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as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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even though; despite; when

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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