jpdb beta

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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three meals (a day)

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promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

6

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

1

lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

5

to entertain; to treat

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

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growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

2

soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted

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intensification; aggravation

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shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard

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building; construction

4

striking; remarkable; considerable

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war preparations

2

fourth

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept

3

ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving

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discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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convenient; handy; useful

2

employment; starting work

3

machine gun

2

accident prevention

4

to set (citizens) to work; to employ (by force); to use

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Shimada Shigetarou (1883.9.24-1976.6.7)

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Minister of the Navy

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Sawamoto Yorio (1886.11.15-1965.6.29)

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vice-minister; undersecretary

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acceptance

2

warship

2

rule; government

4

head; leading spirit

1

proposal; proposition; suggestion

6

to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

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Ishikawa (prefecture)

4

heavy industry

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stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK

2

shipbuilding

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

1

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

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rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail

1

hitting a ball; batting; stroke

1

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

8

huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow); (arch.) biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

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construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)

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experience

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to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

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