jpdb beta

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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this piece; this work

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

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in its entirety; whole; wholly

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

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Tokugawa Yorifusa (1603-1661)

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Tokugawa Tadateru

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

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dragoon

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temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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southern part; the south (of a region)

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Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)

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to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

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opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

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detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

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Mito (city in Ibaraki)

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dubious; puzzled; suspicious

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to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

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injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

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brave general; great soldier

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news; word; tidings; omen

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coward

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wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

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to slay; to kill

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power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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nine; 9

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sea route

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quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

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going south

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mountain road; mountain trail

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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)

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powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

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fist

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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Nagoya (city)

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hard fighting

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fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

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anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary

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chance (of success); odds

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far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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cheating

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both; (not) either

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Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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going through; going via; going by way of

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