jpdb beta

afterword; postscript

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life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

5

that is to say; so that means

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what kind of; what sort of; what

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(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state

2

no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be

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to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

3

never again

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to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

29

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

6

few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

2

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

24

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

5

at; in; at; when; by; with; so

12

death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

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to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

4

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive

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human being; human; person; character (of a person)

2

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

2

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

4

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

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equality; impartiality; evenness

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be; is

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to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

14

to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear

1

the very thing; itself

4

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside

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impossible

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

3

and so; therefore; for that reason

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we

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in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er

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recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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be; is

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precious; valuable

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is something that; is that which

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