jpdb beta

headquarters; head office; main office

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plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)

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bank; banking institution

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to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

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jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of

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to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

1

fencing; kendo

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dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

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centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

to sit (down)

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table; desk

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licence; license; certificate; diploma

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

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katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

3

Shoufukutei

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Tsukitei

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Tsukimatsu

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speech; address

1

rough voice

1

to give; to do (something) for

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with a boing; with a sproing; with a crack; with a pop; (hitting) with vigour; with a kick

2

to give by tossing or throwing

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

1

to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out

1

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

1

walking briskly; determinedly

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not a little; not a few; considerable

1

to have an interest (in)

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to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze

1

moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant

1

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

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fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually

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maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)

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in the same way as; just like

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white sands and green pines; beautiful coastal scenery

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splendor; splendour; superb view

1

outside a window

1

gallant; dashing; jaunty

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tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

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train; railway train

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superb view; picturesque scenery

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violent earthquake; severe earthquake

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conflagration; fire

1

to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed

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particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

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stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

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