jpdb beta

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

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military affairs; military service

2

government office; agency; board

2

secretary (government); director; chief

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Director General of Science and Technology Agency

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serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post

1

similar to; like

2

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

2

to acquire a position; to hold an appointment

4

to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

1

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

successor; replacement; second wife

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posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

2

concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

2

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

crime syndicate; criminal syndicate

1

adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship

1

police officer; policeman; constable

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

2

ambition; aspiration

3

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

4

to pass (of time); to elapse

6

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

1

long time; many years

1

to pursue

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madness; insanity

1

to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

2

to; towards; for

2

rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine

1

punishment; judgement; judgment

2

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

1

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

3

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

3

to obtain evidence

2

bright sunshine; broad daylight

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

3

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

2

balance

2

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

3

school; sect; party

1

remaining in obscurity

1

now is the time

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

5

good government

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2

rather; better

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hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

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