jpdb beta

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

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impossible to do (although wants to)

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gleaming; shining; glistening

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prudish; strait-laced; boring; square

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to begin

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entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

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you can do it if you try

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agile (person's movements); nimble; adroit; lively; brisk; skillful

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producer (film, TV, etc.)

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voting; poll

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free-to-play; without paying

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group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

4

as anyone can see

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by all means; at all costs; absolutely

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by (means of); with

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to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

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looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

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the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

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to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

2

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

5

twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days

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older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days

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present; gift

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rhyming game; play on words; pun

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older brother

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homesickness

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private; personal

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favorable; favourable

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exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

5

older; senior

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to pay respect (to)

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older brother; elder brother

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(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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the Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)

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Tokugawa Yoshimune (shogun 1716-1745 and 1751; 1684.11.27-1751.7.12),

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later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

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Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

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ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family

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high; high school

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degree of difficulty

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high speed

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general; shogun

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Ieyasu

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suggestion box; comment box; (arch.) complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period)

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like this; this sort; this way

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Yoshimune

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