jpdb beta

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by

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receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

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dignity; majesty; dignified manner

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to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

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water temperature (esp. bath)

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

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treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food

3

in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean

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blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignorant person

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small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

2

be; is

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ancestral spirits

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ritual; religious service; festival

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ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together

1

a half; 50%

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Kuroshio Current; Japan Current

3

to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

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equestrian tribe; equestrian people

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to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple

2

natural science

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agricultural experiment station

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microscope

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Kōtarō

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ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

1

offering (to a shogun, emperor, daimyo, kami or Buddha)

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item; event

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rice that has browned (due to age); variety of low-quality foreign rice; red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice

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Chinese rice; foreign rice

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pointing out; identification

3

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

1

agricultural course; agricultural department

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Hideo

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agricultural scientist; agronomist; agriculturist

2

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

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Tōbata Seiichi (1899.2.2-1983.5.6)

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good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)

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Kōichi

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agricultural technology; farming techniques

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Toshitarō

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comprehensive; composite; all-round; all-embracing; general; overall

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joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome

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root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

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Shouzaburō

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affiliated; akin

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Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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the capital (esp. Kyoto)

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elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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