jpdb beta

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

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Ernest Mason Satow

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

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disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

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to fight to the bitter end

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to the end; to the last

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to become; to amount to

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losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose

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using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

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gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

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tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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shell; cannonball

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old type; old style

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however; but

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

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armed might; military power; the sword; force

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overwhelming

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destruction; disruption; (application) crash

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occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

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one by one; one after another; successively

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to come to an end; to close the curtain

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ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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combined fleet

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to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

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military force; military strength

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mighty; powerful

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origin; beginning

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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three years

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Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)

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barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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important point; strategic position; key point

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maritime; marine transportation

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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that's the way it is; such is life

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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covered with; stained; smeared

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)

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

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