jpdb beta

(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.

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yurt

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tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

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Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)

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Russia

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fierce attack

1

to force back; to jostle

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Finland

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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two (long cylindrical things)

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big; large; great

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sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

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being worth doing

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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that's so, isn't it

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inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

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draining (esp. pipes from water for the winter); drainhole; drain; drainage

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rust

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taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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coating; painting

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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hey; hold on; come on

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cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

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Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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inundating a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply

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Rubicon

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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Normandie (France)

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sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked

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welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period

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bra

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to be transparent; to show through

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car washing

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skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

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that was a good one!; good pun!; what a stinger!; (lit.) one zabuton

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(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

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such; like that; that sort of; very

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

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maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

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staff; member (club, society, etc.)

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tonight; this evening

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today; this day

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breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

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