jpdb beta

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

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who

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opinion; view; comment

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doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition

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sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

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to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

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various

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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to spend money

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part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

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from here; from this place

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a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

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to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

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cost; expense

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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government; administration

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estimate (of costs); budget

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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even though; despite; when

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty

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to capture; to seize; to plunder

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indemnities; reparations

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to win; to gain victory

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meaning; called; said

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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Asia

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third class

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first-class power

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to; towards; for

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sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

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Meiji Restoration

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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major powers of the world; great powers

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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civilized nation; civilised nation

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United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

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to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

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to manage something successfully; to be successful

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