jpdb beta

bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

politics; government

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger

1

near oneself; close to one; familiar

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

discontent and grumbling

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degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; giving vent to one's frustrations; cooling off

1

president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy

1

remarkable; striking; obvious

1

hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up

1

distrust; unjust suspicion

1

one's own country

1

national interest

1

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

1

oil-producing country

1

share; portion; quota; cut

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

3

hostile act

1

processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

1

uncertainty about the future; concern about future prospects

1

when you get to the destination

1

sovereign; ruler

1

governor; leader; ruler

1

audience (with someone of high standing)

1

otherwise; or else; if not

1

imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

democracy

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ideal; ideals

1

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

to be impolite; to be discourteous

1

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

1

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

2

safe; vault; storage cabinet

2

bringing; taking; carrying

1

wooden box; wooden crate

4

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

2

front line; forefront

2

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

2

sulky look (often with puffed cheeks); sullen look; pout; glower

1

commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)

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aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly

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