jpdb beta

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

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to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

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hostage

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older brother

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

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

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to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

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friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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young lord; successor of one's current lord

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magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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the New Year begins; the New Year starts

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to say; to state

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one's first campaign; one's first battle

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welcome home

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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lady; gentleman; person

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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something; some kind of; for some reason

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special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

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

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(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

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Buddhist memorial service

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readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

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custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

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companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

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growing late; latening

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fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

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to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

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service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

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