jpdb beta

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

dim; gloomy

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one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

2

to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

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iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

4

cage; pen; (jail) cell

2

although I say; although one might say; although called

2

coffin; casket

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

3

to pick up (with chopsticks); to take

1

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

1

to suspend from; to be suspended (from)

1

grilling; broiling

2

execution

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to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

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real thing; original; actual

2

does not

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scenery

1

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

2

Europe

3

countries

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Dark Ages; dark age

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

2

witch hunt

3

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

1

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

2

oppression; suppression; pressure

1

painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

1

party; banquet; feast

9

to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

2

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

2

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

9

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true

1

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

1

damned; cursed; accursed

1

beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

2

quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

4

sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness

1

newspaper story (article, account)

2

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

5

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

5

writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

8

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

2

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

4

National Diet Library; Library of Congress

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