jpdb beta

to distinguish between; to tell the difference between

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management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

4

stand-up collar

1

chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

1

(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

1

only daughter

3

to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)

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dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots; VIPs

1

honour; honor

2

inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn

1

unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations

1

imbecility; stupidity

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

5

long way; great distance

2

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

2

famous; notorious; noted

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certainly; surely

1

granddaughter

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age difference; disparity in age; age gap

1

to be extremely polite; to show the utmost courtesy; to do everything required by etiquette

1

western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

3

biggest; largest scale

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utilization of water; water supply; irrigation; water transportation; navigability (e.g. of a river)

1

Tokyo Bay

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on countless occasions; many a time

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both parties; both sides

3

interest; rights; concession

2

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

1

joint defense; joint defence

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

first step

1

open; beginning

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

3

adoption; following

1

cradle

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muddy water; red-light district

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

3

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

pale; pallid; inexperienced; immature; face without makeup

1

courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite

1

smoothly; easily; readily

1

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

command; lead; generalship; leadership

4

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

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to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile

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polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy

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