jpdb beta

arrest; roundup

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journal; magazine; periodical

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to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

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evidence; proof; witness

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responsibility for wording of an article

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

content-free chat; idle gossip

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

4

terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is

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to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)

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to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

2

in all

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sphere; circle; range; category

3

world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

2

information transfer; information transmission

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naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1

limit; restriction

2

to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

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every place; various places

3

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

2

tour round the country (Japan) (visiting from province to province)

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world reformation

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centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

4

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

2

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

5

trauma (usu. psychological)

3

royalty

2

to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

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tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

2

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

1

to place firmly; to hit very hard

3

buying; purchasing; procurement

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to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

2

to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)

3

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

4

same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

2

forced; compulsory

2

pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

2

Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

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ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family

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

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vassal; retainer

3

cooked rice

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celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

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to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

3

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

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