jpdb beta

to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

1

demutualization; becoming incorporated

1

timing

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slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

rapid growth

7

shareholder; stockholder

6

necessity

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

2

quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

2

kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

1

traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)

2

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

25

miracle; wonder; marvel

5

economic growth

9

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

1

pre-war days; before the war

14

fury; power; menace

1

corner; nook

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

3

to be misleading

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

1

information; experience; knowledge; observation

1

record; transcript

1

Society of Jesus; Jesuits

1

missionary

1

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

primary school; elementary school; grade school

2

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

4

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

7

island country

3

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

2

in succession; one by one

2

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

1

taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

1

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

1

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

1

pigtail; queue; cue

1

clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

1

bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot

1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

1

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

2

hair (on the head)

1

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

1

downtown

1