jpdb beta

postwar period; period after Second World War

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Akaza

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preliminary investigation; preparation

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature

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unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

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invitation

18

nature; character

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mysterious

2

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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amusement; fun; brief entertainment

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petition; appeal

1

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

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resort

6

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

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parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition

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counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging

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subordinate person

2

to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate

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to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

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harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage

10

coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)

4

meeting; reception

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to be found

4

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

4

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

5

disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore

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quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall

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way; method; means; resource; course

3

(public) duty

2

resort hotel

2

first impression

2

entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)

1

hereabouts; around here

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to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

2

to spoil the mood

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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square; rectangular

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inorganic

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even; but; however

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existing

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remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation

3

outer wall

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air of luxury; high class feel

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doesn't even exist

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long way; great distance

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