jpdb beta

district governor (Ritsuryo period)

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

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Fire Dragon (53rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1916, 1976, 2036)

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first; new

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construction; establishment

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shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard

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strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

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armaments; military preparations

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after

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three years

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive

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to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

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knowledge; information

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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reform; reformation; reorganization

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military affairs

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state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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punishment; penalty

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severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

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decision; determination

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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abrupt; sudden; unexpected

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to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

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test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

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two persons; two people; pair; couple

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however; but

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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marriage

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

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safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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this area; around here

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in this way; thus; such; uh...

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please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

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to lie down (and rest)

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