jpdb beta

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

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to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

2

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

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

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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founder (of a company)

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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

2

marriage

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son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

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the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

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Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

1

article; news story; report; account

1

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

2

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

open sea; Okinawa

1

isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island

1

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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treasure island

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considerably; greatly; a lot

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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uninhabited island; desert island

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previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

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had better ...; had better not ...

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

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wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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tradition; legend; folklore

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nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

2

(written) work; book; writings

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Japan

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to remain; to be left

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seven

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page

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

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deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

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in this way; thus; such; uh...

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on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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