jpdb beta

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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

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I; me; you; manservant

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to call the doctor

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to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

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

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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be; is

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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to come back

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style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

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

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welcome home

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years later

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

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person

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to complain; to make a complaint

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now that; since; so long as; because

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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case; situation

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to grow old; to age

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go that far; to that extent

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cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

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joining a group

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early

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a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed

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Europe and America; the West

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to manage something successfully; to be successful

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

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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 Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

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civilized nation; civilised nation

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

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major powers of the world; great powers

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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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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Meiji Restoration

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

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

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

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to; towards; for

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first-class power

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third class

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