jpdb beta

to crumble away; to collapse

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collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

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in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

1

unbroken; endless; continuous

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weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

7

hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

2

assassination

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife

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big shot; higher-ups

4

to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)

2

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

1

reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)

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modern history

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to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

to join together; to combine; to join up

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time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

1

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

3

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

2

to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

1

to begin talking; to open up

1

body build; figure

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optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

1

desk

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while; during; performed in this condition

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

1

intelligence

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in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

1

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

(having) life-and-death power (over)

1

always; constantly

5

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth

1

click

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release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

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(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

1

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

1

to perspire; to sweat

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gun point; muzzle

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to thrust before; to thrust at

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historic; historical; traditional

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