jpdb beta

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

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emperor

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change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

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dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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in the same way as; just like

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to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in

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to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

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(world of) politics; political world; political circles

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return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

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desperate; hopeless

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to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by

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elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

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talk; chat

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)

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accomplice; cohort

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hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

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to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position

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stage director

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cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)

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fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity

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to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

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decision; ruling; award; arbitration

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complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

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reference; allusion

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making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

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to increase; to grow

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sympathy; compassion; pity

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compromise plan

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to fall off; to tumble down

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to lose one's footing; to slip

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convenient

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falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy

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illegitimate child; secret love child

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indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

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order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

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

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to come to an agreement

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even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

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mediator; go-between; middleman; broker

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contact; liaison

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securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

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big job; great task

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-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

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drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

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just right (time, size, length, etc.)

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