jpdb beta

how; in what way; how about; questionable

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

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performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

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to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

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to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

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it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...

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mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

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to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted

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and; thereupon; because of that

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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difference; discrepancy; variation

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adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

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dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

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in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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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

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being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...

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somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

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Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

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protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

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(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

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demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

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record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

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reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

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prefabricated; knockdown; demountable (e.g. motor); flatpack (furniture)

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to become; to be

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I see; that's right; indeed

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Tokyo

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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inner citadel; core; center; centre

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starting point; origin

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then; if so; if

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Ushitora

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Ueno

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Asakusa

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thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

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spiritual power

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to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

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Buddhist temple

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