jpdb beta

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

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porthole

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sea of clouds

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just right (time, size, length, etc.)

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prospects of victory; chances of success

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

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eight; 8

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being too late; losing one's final chance

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chance (of success); odds

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how; in what way

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to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

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substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

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on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

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indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

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circuitous; roundabout; indirect

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even; but; however

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difficult problem; challenge

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

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law; rule

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function; facility; faculty; feature

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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cause; origin; source

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should not; must not

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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one's personal opinion

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other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

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to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

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a little bit; a little while

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mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory

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to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

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mere consolation; temporary peace of mind

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region; limits; stage; level

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preface; introduction; preamble

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to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

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gods

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tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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ankle-length (clothes); maxi (skirt, dress, etc.); floor-length (clothes); maxim

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hanging garden; hanging gardens

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having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)

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power; authority; jurisdiction

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absence; disregard; indifference

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careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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sense of values; values; value system

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existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

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grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

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