jpdb beta

member of parliament; the elite

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pride

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pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting

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to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

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to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote

1

(most) basic of basics

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to spy out; to smell out

1

strong; intense; severe

1

self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

to ask; to enquire; to query

3

under control (e.g. of territory)

2

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

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

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

2

power struggle

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

1

to shrug one's shoulders

2

opinion; point of view

1

difference; discrepancy; variation

1

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

2

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

breeding; raising; rearing

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

2

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

1

strong person; the strong; the powerful

3

fundamental; basic

1

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

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griffon; gryphon

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

2

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

succeeding; following; trailing; next

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2

eyebrow; eyebrows

1

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

1

west

3

cavern; cave; cave system; grotto

14

coffin; casket

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