jpdb beta

absolute amount; absolute quantity

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

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housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle; large passenger vehicle

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to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

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above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

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political stance

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contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

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to think alike; to get along

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to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

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sleigh; sled; sledge

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one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life

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audacity; forwardness; effrontery; impertinence

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promotion; advancement; rising in rank

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commitment; pledge; promise

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survival; survivor; relic

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to carry weight; to be important; to have influence; to be a leading figure; to be esteemed

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Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

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level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level

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good money

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revival; restoration

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proclamation; promulgation

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dazzling (beauty)

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13th day of the month; 13 days

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison); six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory); six principles of calligraphy; six classes of kanji characters

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garden; orchard; park; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool

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to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life

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visitor

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Kinokuniya

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Bunzaemon

12

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

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skillfulness

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to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

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magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion

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headship of a family; family property

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shaving one's head (esp. upon entering the Buddhist priesthood); tonsure

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first torii gate of a shrine

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cramped home; one's humble abode; hovel; pigsty; cottage; squalid hut

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ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune

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the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

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with these words; while saying

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grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

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wealthy merchant

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decline; fall; decay; withering

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