jpdb beta

diligent; absorbed (in something)

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(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat

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ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

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trusting too much; overestimating ability

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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example; illustration; precedent

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summary; digest

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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business trip; official trip

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report of an absence (at work)

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name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

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neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession

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sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

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n-storied building

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warrior; samurai

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the relation of master to servant

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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style of penmanship

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castle

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peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)

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surrender (fall) of a castle

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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lord of a castle

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attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation

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clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

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otherwise; or else; if not

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This isn't over; I will get my revenge

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

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synopsis; outline; plot

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to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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mayflower

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idleness; inactivity

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whether one wants to or not; without choice

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

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Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

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to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

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crowd of people

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(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

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mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

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thought; consideration; thinking

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normal course (of action); proper course; regular way

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the whole day; all the day

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

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to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

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exceedingly; very

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right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

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