jpdb beta

to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick

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bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans

7

carpet; rug; runner

1

luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

1

close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com

1

marsh; swamp; bog

1

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

4

to bring up under one's personal care

1

to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

2

know-how

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children

4

wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward

2

dependence; reliance

2

submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

4

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

1

old times; antiquity; former years

1

to feel relieved; to feel satisfied

1

darkish; dusky

2

empire; imperial

1

to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh

1

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

2

unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable

2

appalling; awful; extreme pain; deep sorrow

1

to have one's name entered (in a list)

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rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out

2

negotiation

1

chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain

2

the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

1

retrogression; regression

2

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

3

abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible

1

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

1

accumulation; accumulate; store

1

internal conditions; true state of affairs

1

on the board (shogi, go, etc.)

1

overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

1

domestic affairs; internal administration

1

building (esp. a house); house fixture; fitting; facial features

1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

3

approach; approach shot

3

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

2

contraction of "koto da"

2

disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

3

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

7

since some time ago; for quite a while; already

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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bar; pub; tavern

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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