jpdb beta

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

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to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart

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intention; idea; inclination; wish

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to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

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feudal era police rank

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Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge

2

medical science; medicine

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over

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plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

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nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

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capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking

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doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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lately; recently

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influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well

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wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

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of course; certainly; naturally

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to leave as is; to ignore

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to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

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people; citizens; subjects; folk

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sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

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outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

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(piece of) rope; ordinary method

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complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character

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to watch over; to watch attentively

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Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word

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the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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to arrive

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sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

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aim

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mulberry field

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Gen'an

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followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

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concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

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Ryuunoshin

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

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to write down

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bribe; sweetener; douceur

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irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

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god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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to press a question; to cross-examine

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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serious crime; grave sin

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to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

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taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

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