jpdb beta

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

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to sniff; to smell

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sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

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sense of smell; olfaction

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mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

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self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

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wartime

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goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

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sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

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emergency; unexpectedness

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sudden death; unexpected death

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Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

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strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle

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to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to capture

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people; citizens; subjects; folk

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war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war

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dwelling; house; residence; living; life

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what proportion; what percentage

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special skill

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sick person; patient; invalid

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refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)

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satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

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to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

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to grow old

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look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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to smell; to sense

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

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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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successively; one after another

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distant land; remote country; province far from the capital

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to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape

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assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party

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to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

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invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

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to survive; to live long

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candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

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common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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idealism

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advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist

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armed might; military power; the sword; force

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settlement; solution; resolution

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demonstration; show of force

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document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

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