jpdb beta

escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

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Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

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absorption; suction; attraction

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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Europe and America; the West

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founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

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Takasugi Shinsaku (1839.9.27-1867.5.17)

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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visitor; caller

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to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

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to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

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to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

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foreign; abroad; overseas

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to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

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development; exploitation

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(photographic) camera

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experiment

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telegraph

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study; research; investigation

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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science and technology; scientific technique

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to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

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big; large; great

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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young person; youth; young

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

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(religious) faith; belief; creed

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home area; home town; local

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God; god; ace; king; superior person

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Shinto shrine

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establishment; foundation

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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house where one was born; one's parents' house

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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Sakuma Shouzan (1811-1864)

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thinker

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

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substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

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city

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