jpdb beta

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

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welcome home

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to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)

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to come back

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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to shut in; to confine; to contain

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boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

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to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

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Nogi

23

Reiji

8

transactions; dealings; business

4

full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month

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Japan Railways; JR

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capital city; metropolis

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front door; vestibule

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all over Japan

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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internal; domestic

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chief; main; principal; major

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main line; trunk line

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position; location; base; point; site

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one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

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arrival and departure

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train; railway train

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Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

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area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

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Nagano (city, prefecture)

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Shinkansen; bullet train

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry

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every kind; all sorts

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conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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as you see; as you can see

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present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade

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accidental; incidental; occasional; casual

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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only; nothing but

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effect; efficacy; validity; potency

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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ultimate weapon; one's final trump card

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combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

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to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation

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in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

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ordinary citizen; the general public

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