jpdb beta

throughout Japan

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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and then; after that

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to feel; to sense; to experience

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

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society; public; community; social studies

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result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

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unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

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earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

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attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

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ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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development; growth

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dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling

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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

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to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

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to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

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freedom; liberty

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safety; welfare; well-being

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victim of (a disaster)

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from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

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practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

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maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full

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special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

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confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

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unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

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to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

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function; facility; faculty; feature

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the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

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rush; flood; deluge

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to; towards; for

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direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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immediately following

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

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the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)

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Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

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incident; affair; happening; event

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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after that; afterwards; thereafter

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

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