jpdb beta

transport truck; transport vehicle

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sphere of influence

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countermeasure; counter-measure

1

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

3

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

2

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

3

friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement

2

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA

2

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

1

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

1

being disliked by everyone

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

mighty; powerful

3

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

Indochina (peninsula)

1

trade (foreign)

3

food shortage

1

unlikely; improbable

1

paying a tribute

6

same mother

1

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

to be burned down

1

tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia

1

three sons; third son

4

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu

4

truce bearer

1

long way; great distance

1

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

1

tax burden

1

light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car

2

reduction; diminution; abatement

1

discriminatory; discriminative

2

south-west

3

to smash up; to defeat crushingly

2

to prostrate oneself before

3

to save money

1

crossing the meridian

2

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

1

point of compromise; common ground

1

stabilization; stabilisation

1

to begin; to set about; to start

3

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

3

(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

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