jpdb beta

to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise

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clique; clan; faction

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one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

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parents and siblings; one's relatives

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minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

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pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise

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Eishō era (1504.2.30-1521.8.23)

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aria; singing; chanting

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anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection

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violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

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decapitation; decapitated head

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porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish

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dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

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to be given up; to be discontinued

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presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not

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memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child

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to search for; to seek for; to look for

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dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling

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variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

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volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)

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to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough

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main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

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rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

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to build an embankment

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rice plant (Oryza sativa)

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avalanche; snowslide

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domino (game); dominoes; domino effect

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to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

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primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive

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dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo

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without doing ...; don't

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conspiracy; collusion; complicity

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taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation

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to devise a plan; to work out a plan

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pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent

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to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer

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to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

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interview

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sitting in a circle

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to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

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totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender

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to trample; to crush underfoot

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field; plain; prairie; moor

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abatis

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barn; road; bang; bam

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Battle of Nagashino (1575)

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old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

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to take a photo with a mobile phone; to email a photo taken with a mobile phone

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painter; artist; painter supported by patron

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to consign to oblivion

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