jpdb beta

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

2

split; division; break up

3

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

1

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

1

wars; disturbances

3

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

3

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

1

warmonger; warmaker

1

romanticism

1

gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme

1

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

1

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

1

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

1

eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses

1

republic; commonwealth

2

peaceful coexistence

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

1

one large ...; a great ...

1

cannot; must not

3

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

extreme passion; wild enthusiasm

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

reactionary

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

2

identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

2

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

1

popularity

2

to withstand; to be able to endure

1

feeling of satisfaction

1

good boy; good girl

1

democracy; democratic nation

1

historical philosophy

1

dictatorship; despotism

1

to have a long life; to live a long time

1

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

2

future prospects; promise

3

praise; admiration; exalting; extolling

3

thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd

1

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

4

supplement; complement

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

one's own country

1

resident; inhabitant

1

physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts

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