jpdb beta

great (waka) poet; immortal poet

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riparian works; flood-control works

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edict; public announcement

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overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

2

to look up

2

equality; uniformity; evenness

1

lack of uniformity; unevenness; imbalance; inequality; disproportion

1

development; growth

3

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

geographic

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traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

1

convenience; user-friendliness

1

scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

Africa

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vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

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interior; inside; internal

2

century

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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progress; advance; improvement; development

1

aircraft

1

car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto

1

railroad; railway; rail transport

1

telegraph

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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

1

Internet

1

imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity

1

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

in addition to this

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convention; tired tradition; old custom

1

afflux; influx

1

sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

3

that well-known ...

1

occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling

1

(one's) interests

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if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

1

irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

2

goods; articles

1

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

4

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

soil amelioration; soil improvement

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

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farmer; farming family; farmhouse

2

to farm; to cultivate a field

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farm (agriculture)

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