jpdb beta

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

5

faculty (of a university); school; college; department

2

qualifications of candidacy for an examination

1

general education course

3

abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment

4

repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

1

manners; etiquette; polite behaviour

2

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

6

the way one talks; one's way of speaking

1

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

4

role-playing; roleplaying

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)

2

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

2

change; transition; vicissitudes

1

history

1

knowledge; information

2

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

literature

2

two legs; two feet; two pairs

1

straw sandals

1

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

1

forest; shrine grove

1

Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)

3

scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer

1

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

1

to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

2

army

2

surgeon general

1

public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

3

best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most

1

(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

Japan and Qing China

1

Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

soldier

3

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

beriberi; severe thiamine deficiency

5

Ogata Masanori (1853.12.5-1919.7.30)

1

fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus

1

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

2

navy; naval force

2

military doctor; army surgeon

1

tall tree

3

Kanehiro

2

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

3

armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee

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