jpdb beta

older brother; elder brother

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hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

2

table

1

night watch; night guard; night shift

1

bed

1

to sit (down)

1

tatami-matted

2

floorboard

1

in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

2

interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox

1

modernization; modernisation

2

good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto

3

having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect

1

adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion

5

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

1

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

2

to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket

1

must not; do not

1

everywhere; all over; throughout

1

(Edo-period) head of a prisoners' group

1

material; physical

4

insect; bug

1

bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

1

excretion

1

lighting

1

medical expenses; doctor's bill

1

modern

1

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

1

formation of a cabinet

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unity of church and state; theocracy

10

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

2

general election (of the lower house)

3

to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

1

how many months

1

two times; twice; two degrees

1

sovereign power; the reins of government

2

class

2

precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

1

eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

2

the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings

1

figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight

1

to be entwined; to be involved

1

bifurcation; branch; branched; rami-

1

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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