jpdb beta

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

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mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother

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surely; certainly

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ah; oh; hey!

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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number one; first; best; most; game; round

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

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wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

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strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

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making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught

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to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

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to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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influence; clout; leverage

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

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housing district; residential district

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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development; exploitation

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

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small hill; low hill; hillock

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halfway point

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important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

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Island; insula; island; islet

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Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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position; location; base; point; site

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beginning; outset; first; onset

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daimyo in the Warring States period

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Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

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to distinguish oneself; to stand out

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territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)

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(political) power; authority; influence

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bakufu; shogunate

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