jpdb beta

recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

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a Buddha; deceased person

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now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

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secret understanding; collusion

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ten; 10

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three days and three nights

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-fold; -ply

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biography; life story

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to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

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as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be

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east, west, south and north

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lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)

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illegitimate child; secret love child

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entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

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strait; channel

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excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

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to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

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although

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Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person

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why; how

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to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

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disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot

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means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

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stab; thrust; lunge

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adverse circumstances; adversity

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to get out of bed; to show a leg

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God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan

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to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

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in the city

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations

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to succeed to a house

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to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

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bank; weir; embankment; levee

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lord of a castle

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to be based in (a place)

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to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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chief vassal; senior statesman

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rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason

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to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

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punishment; judgement; judgment

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what

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to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

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however; having said that; but

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outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

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baton (of command); order; command; direction

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(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

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place name; toponym

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