jpdb beta

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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everything; anything; nothing

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

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oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

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first; new

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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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I; me

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to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

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only; merely; but; no more than

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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

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hey!; hey!

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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

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(some) more; even more; longer; further

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be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

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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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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

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unheard-of; unprecedented

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(one's) life

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oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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fist

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to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart

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large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)

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blue sky

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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please (give me); please (do for me)

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to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

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main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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to build; to construct

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one's later years; final years (in life)

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staying the night; lodging (at)

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room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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business ability; business acumen

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to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

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