jpdb beta

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

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to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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

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place; situation; position; location

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traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

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important point; strategic position; key point

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to prosper; to flourish

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

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

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coast; beach

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defense; defence; defensive preparations

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to be a problem

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domain administrative headquarters (early Meiji)

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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at that time; in those days

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maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady

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diary; journal

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

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was

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to get used to living in

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

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revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

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to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

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support; stay; prop

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(practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving

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thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour

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woman; female; feminine gender

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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battlefield; battleground

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ardor; enthusiasm

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to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

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(religious) piety; faith; devotion

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hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

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was; were

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one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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though; notwithstanding; although

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violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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