jpdb beta

construction; establishment

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high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

5

last look; farewell look

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

1

land reclamation

1

construction work

1

improvement project; construction plan; maintenance plan; maintenance schedule; maintenance program

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

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remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

2

pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)

1

leaving the capital

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one month

2

journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

2

ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart

2

line; queue; procession; matrix

1

tradition; convention

2

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

2

just; right; pure; genuine; truth

3

main line; trunk line

1

two; 2

6

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

2

reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression

1

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

1

curtain; curtains

2

to grasp tightly

4

one way or the other; either way

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

1

railroad; railway; rail transport

1

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

1

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

5

one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

1

cost; expense

1

grandiose; exaggerated

2

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

1

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

1

the shogunate

5

succession to another's professional name

1

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

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(typically) Japanese

1

ambiguity

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sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

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