jpdb beta

state; country; nation

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medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist

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first generation; founder

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tacit; unspoken; implicit

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comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

1

memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

1

period; Nihon-shoki

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bold; daring; audacious

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

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biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

3

good opportunity; chance

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

efficiency

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

birth; creation; formation

1

to fall in love

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relatively; comparatively

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to be of use as a reference; to be helpful

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to answer a question

3

correction; revision; amendment

1

ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia

2

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

2

I can tell you; heh

2

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

3

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

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very; extremely; that is

2

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1

incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

2

conversation

1

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

1

to smile

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

2

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

thanks; gratitude

2

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

1

(period of) a year; during an era

1

master; teacher; stable master

1

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

1

everyone; anyone; no one

1

mother

1

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

1

discomfort

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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Japan

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