jpdb beta

minister of state

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Shunzou

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

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Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

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anxiety (about the future)

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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expansion; extension; elongation; stretching

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main cause; primary factor

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so to speak

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(one's parents') home

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another family; another house

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news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

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to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

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particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

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ridiculous; odd

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serious; grave; dignified; solemn

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to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

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one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

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to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

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to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

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oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

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one eyebrow

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to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

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fluent; flowing; elegant

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the Japanese syllabary symbols

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(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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seal

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newspaper

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

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candlestick; candlestand

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

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to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

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to scan; to look over

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faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

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lamp; light

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to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

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precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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beckoning

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silence (not speaking); muteness

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to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

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to hand over; to surrender

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in the same way as; just like

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near; close; beside; third person

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