jpdb beta

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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to see; to look; to watch; to try to

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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(within a) territory; domains

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huge; gigantic; enormous

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eruption; volcanic eruption

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

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plateau; tableland; eminence

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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rice cultivation; rice farming

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to fit; to suit

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plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

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production; manufacture

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Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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is not; am not; are not

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wheat; barley; oat (oats)

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soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy

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barley miso

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flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

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parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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

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oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

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relative; relation; kin

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natural voice (without a microphone)

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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(within a) city; local

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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descendant; posterity; offspring

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family; relatives; dependents; household

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graveyard

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parents; both parents

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succession; continuation; series; sequence

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider

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to support one family

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money-exchange business

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god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife

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