jpdb beta

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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since the beginning of the world; since the dawn of history

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large enterprise; big business; large undertaking

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(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise

3

government; administration

5

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

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captain (of a warship)

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Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

2

advanced level; high grade; senior

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(a) passing acquaintance

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medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor

2

head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

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relative; relation; kin

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letter of introduction

4

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

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(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

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taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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ticket

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to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

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focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make

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appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status

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follower; attendant; valet; servant

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to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

3

target

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sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

2

turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller

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to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps

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in fact

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so far as

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hesitation; indecision; vacillation

2

quick-wittedness; tact

3

petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled

2

foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad

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to dream (of)

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

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re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

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Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri

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(naval) fleet; armada

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worn-out rice land

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anchorage; anchoring; mooring

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on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

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