jpdb beta

book; volume; this; present; main; head

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

2

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

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to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

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international laws

2

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

3

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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to go; to come

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

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elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

3

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

3

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

1

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

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Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

1

baby; infant

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cry; crying voice

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yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

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belly; abdomen; stomach

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to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

2

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

1

to divide (by); to remove; to exclude

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administration; governance; the authorities; authority

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

4

cancer

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gunnery; artillery

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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child

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

clock; watch; timepiece

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