jpdb beta

armed forces; military; troops

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private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file

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to use and then throw away

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

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diversion; distraction; feint

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favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

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record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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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)

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theatergoer; someone who likes plays

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town girl; girl raised in a town

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huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

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process; course; mechanism

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occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

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number of persons; personnel

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enemy army

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to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

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in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

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delay; procrastination

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leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)

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to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

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unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

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appointment (to an office); investiture; commission

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new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer

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solemn

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first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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to keep a promise; to keep one's word

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to survive; to live long

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one night; one evening; all night; overnight

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to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth

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ladder

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antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

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to march on the capital

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one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan

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on hand; readily available

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archery; mapping; map; morphism

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the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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northwest

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to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

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(short) rest; breather; break

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(plain) hot water; boiled water

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