jpdb beta

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there

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to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

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to shake one's head

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to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

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moment; brief space of time

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tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

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to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

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oh; ah; I'll be darned

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capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

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reason; logic; sense; truth; right

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Japan

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to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

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civilized nation; civilised nation

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what would (you) do?; what to do about it

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final; eventual; ultimate

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Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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northern extremity

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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sea; ocean; waters

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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snow; snowfall

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intense cold

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to shake; to waver; to tremble

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to smile (at someone)

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sky; air; mid-air

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imitation; sham; -like

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embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

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to cross one's mind; to occur to one

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep

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protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

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affirmative

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to be overcome with emotion

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to be

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to lose one's life

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this world; this life; world of the living

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only; sole; unique

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end of the earth

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attendant; companion

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long ago; already; a long time ago

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to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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to look around; to survey

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belief; faith; conviction

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to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

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