jpdb beta

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

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oath; vow

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sincere; honest; faithful

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audience; interview

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to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err

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excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle

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courteous; decorous; polite

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administration; rule

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plan; policy

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in order; in turn

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listening closely

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for the first time in one's life

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various matters; everything

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instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching

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pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

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winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

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Nagano (city, prefecture)

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Narimasa

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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Hidetsuna

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

4

summons; call

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meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

1

settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness

1

mature; becoming precocious

1

reader

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Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)

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ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

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upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first

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spring; fountain

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Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

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Morinobu

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rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

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real or original name

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Suwa

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chief priest

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at some point in the past; at some stage

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Kamiizumi

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eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

2

place name; toponym

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fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

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to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)

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rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot

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change; fluctuation

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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firm; strong; solid; stable

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to hold; to maintain

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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