jpdb beta

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

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ceramics

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cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold

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suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly

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present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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legal wife of an emperor or king; first wife; queen consort; empress

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one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother

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to pass away; to die

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to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

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chance; opportunity; occasion

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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

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unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

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to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

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to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

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both; (not) either

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to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice

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puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute

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to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick

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real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

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occurrence; happening; incident; event

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

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just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

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root; basis; foundation

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disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

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to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

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arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny

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to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once

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frequent reflection; frequent meditation

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six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

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human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort

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to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

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rule; government; administration

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to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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admonition; remonstrance; expostulation

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to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

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centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

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which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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moonlight; moonbeam

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sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble

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to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of

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rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

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from now on; hereafter

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to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn

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to show up; to appear; to turn up

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