jpdb beta

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

1

both people; two people; two directions; both directions

1

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

1

in this case

1

other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary

1

that's so, however ...

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

2

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

2

how many; how old

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

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in one's imagination

3

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

(set of) facial features; looks

1

outward appearance

1

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

1

footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

1

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

explanation; interpretation

2

to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

1

national polity

1

different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

2

democracy

5

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

1

form; shape; figure

1

democratic government

2

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

Greece

1

but; however; provided that

2

mobocracy; mob rule; ochlocracy

1

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

history

2

absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant

2

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

2

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

1

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

1

one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity

1

identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

5

reform; reformation; reorganization

1

hard to do

2

to backfire; to have a harmful result

1

Dark Ages; dark age

1

hindsight-based opinion

2

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

2

things; everything

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2