jpdb beta

to like; to prefer

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sharp sword

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any one; any; whichever

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charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price

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article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point

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swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

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pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

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

1

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

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recommendation; endorsement

2

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

2

warrior; samurai

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

2

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

1

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

to extol; to give praise

1

excuse; explanation

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forever; in perpetuity

2

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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to apologize; to apologise

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underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

1

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

1

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

1

to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect

1

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

1

revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time

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to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

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dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

1

edged tool; cutlery

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reluctantly; unwillingly

1

lawsuit; complaint

1

stay; sojourn

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riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

lately; recently

1

the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

3

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

1

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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archipelago; group of islands

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seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

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foreign country

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guide (on a tour, etc.)

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