jpdb beta

near; nearby; not far off

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diplomat

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place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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to pierce through; to break through

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white clouds

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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blue sky

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oh; ah

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last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

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where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

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to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

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very; much; greatly; a lot of

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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(medical) doctor; physician

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to call the doctor

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huh?; what's up?

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trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

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informal talk

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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Fushimi

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secret; private; surreptitious

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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applicant; candidate

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undergoing training; learning

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edict; ordinance; proclamation

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establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration

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counter for places

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professor; teaching; instruction

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warship; battleship

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consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry

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whether or not

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decision; determination

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policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

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trade; commerce

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charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

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coastal defense; coastal defence

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Hotta Masamutsu

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

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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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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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