jpdb beta

to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

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on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

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interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

2

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

1

morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

2

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

1

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

belligerent; warlike

1

racial or national characteristics

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

2

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

3

in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

1

invasion

2

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

1

union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

2

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

peace; harmony

3

dominion; territory; possession

2

to open a path

1

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

1

national affairs

1

it seems that; as if

1

to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

2

dictatorship; despotism

1

to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted

1

to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon

1

family register; census

2

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

2

mainly; primarily

1

presenting to

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label; sticker

1

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

1

competent; suitable; qualified

1

beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

menial; meanness; servility; abject

1

loyalty; devotion

1

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

4

violent; rough

1

political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience

1

accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission

2

long period (of time)

2

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

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