jpdb beta

before now; hitherto

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as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

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such; like that; that sort of; very

6

meaning; significance; sense

5

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

6

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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lagoon; inlet; creek; tidal beach; tidal flat

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prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

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China and Vietnam; Sino-Vietnamese

2

comparatively; relatively

2

main shock (of an earthquake)

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dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

1

similar to; like

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

3

first; new

1

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

3

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

1

be; is

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

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to pass (of time); to elapse

5

Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

1

the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)

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and then; after that

10

four years

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Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)

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Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake

1

particularly; only; in the case of

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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since; henceforth

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

5

to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)

1

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

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shock; impact; crash

1

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

1

to be the case that

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Nishide

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class

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of course; certainly; naturally

5

to be transparent; to show through

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

4

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

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perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

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majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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building

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