jpdb beta

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

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

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place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

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beginning; outset; first; onset

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after

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national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

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Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion

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worn-out rice land

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important point; strategic position; key point

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marine traffic; sea traffic

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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pleased to make your acquaintance

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please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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approximately the same

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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if so; in that case; in that situation

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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

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hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

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opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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sea; ocean; waters

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antiquity; ancient times

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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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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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

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never again

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although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

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travel; trip; journey

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to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

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bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

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imprisonment

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to; towards; for

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caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

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to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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being imprisoned; being sent to prison

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

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like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

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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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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

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