jpdb beta

picture book

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fabrication; pipe dream

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succession; successor

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boy; son; man

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

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family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

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young; youthful

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second wife

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to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

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immoral

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to lavish money on

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adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality

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scandal

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

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(not) altogether; (not) wholly

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unrelated; unconnected

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conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence

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to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

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person concerned; interested party; related party

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prudence; discretion; thought; consideration

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thoughtlessness; indiscretion

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lover; sweetheart; mistress

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matchmaking; acting as a go-between

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to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for

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what sort; what kind

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farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation

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balance; equilibrium

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not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible

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having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

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wife

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(another's) daughter; young lady

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how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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woman who missed the chance of getting married (because she is too old)

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famous; well-known

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tomboy

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(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family

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(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

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to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

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running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

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anecdote; story; episode

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to be fated; to be linked by fate

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the same rank; equality; apposition

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a little bit; a little while

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belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)

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the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

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moderate (view, politics, etc.); temperate; sensible; sober; non-radical

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political opponent

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agency; intermediation

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)

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