jpdb beta

chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president

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Guangzhou (China); Canton

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puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute

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adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous

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rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)

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proper; appropriate; due; suitable

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military movements; military actions; military operations; military campaigns

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preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

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reconnaissance satellite; spy satellite

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

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tall building; tower

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secretary-general; director

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west side; west bank

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mass communication; mass media

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northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)

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pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

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Three Gorges Dam (China)

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right of control; supremacy; sovereignty

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to make one's own; to take possession of

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scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting

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democratic government; democratically elected government

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military

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intimidation; threat; bluster

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to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

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whole nation; whole land; whole country

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compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction

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order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan

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time limit

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence

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sincerity; good faith

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after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

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wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)

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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

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premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

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timewise; temporal; chronal

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to anticipate; to foresee

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planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

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intelligence network; information network

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counter for people

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

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to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of

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incoming telephone call; telegram received

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the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed

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Jesus (Christ)

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