jpdb beta

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

2

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

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to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

warp; curvature; curve; arch

2

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

4

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

2

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

2

you could say that

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

2

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

1

criminal; culprit

2

really; truly

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government; administration

3

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

2

without; but if; otherwise; or else

4

treaty; pact; convention; agreement

2

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

3

joint declaration

2

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

4

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

1

altogether; entirely

1

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

1

half a year; six months

4

several years; a few years

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

6

today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon

1

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

2

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

optimistic; hopeful

2

present continuous tense; present progressive form

1

rebel army

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to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

5

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan

2

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

10

philanthropic work; charitable enterprise

1

meaning; called; said

2

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

6

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

2

estimate (of costs); budget

1

economic activity

2

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

4

to vomit; to spit out

1

being startled

2

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

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