jpdb beta

hard struggle; strenuous effort

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to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

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(public) peace; stability; tranquillity

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foundation stone; cornerstone

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(Edo-period) chief minister

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feudal lord; daimyo

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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Sawayama

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Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

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to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors

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red-horned demon; red ogre

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Yoshinori

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to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)

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through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

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to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

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which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to

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distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

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sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

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fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online

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to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

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to speak; to object

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to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

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rebel; traitor; insurgent

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foster parents

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to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

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bygones; the past; past event

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incompetent; have no merit

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don't worry; no worries; never mind

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to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce

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state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

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to show; to display

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main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence

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importance; emphasis; stress

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losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

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to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

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to be smeared; to be covered

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picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)

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go stone; go piece

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pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)

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somehow; for some reason or other

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-te form (e.g. of a verb)

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