jpdb beta

sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)

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reporter; journalist

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social awareness (e.g. in fiction)

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reportage

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

series

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prudish; strait-laced; boring; square

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keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule

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Fuchuu Prison

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interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

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prisoner

2

novel; (short) story

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

1

sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)

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good; goodness; right; virtue

2

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

3

life imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonment

2

writing (e.g. as a profession)

2

autobiography

2

fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)

1

wailing; lamentation

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

convict; prisoner

1

letter; missive; note; mail

3

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

1

releasing on parole; conditional release

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(in) one's own way

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

1

death penalty; capital punishment

2

postwar

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class-B and class-C war criminals

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

1

prison

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execution

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

1

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

1

home area; home town; local

2

train; railway train

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acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

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proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

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unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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peace; harmony

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battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

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objection; dissent; protest

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

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