jpdb beta

3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

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to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

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this year

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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summer

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long (time that has passed); old (story)

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

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hair (on the head)

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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one's first campaign; one's first battle

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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10,000; ten thousand

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counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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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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to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

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bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

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offense and defense; offence and defence

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to unfold; to unroll; to open

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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invasion

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(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone

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to be based in (a place)

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castle construction; building a castle; fortification

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to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

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deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

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moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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precipice; cliff; bluff

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mountain castle

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army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

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military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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daimyo in the Warring States period

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downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

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patronage; protection

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watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen

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to entrust; to leave to a person

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

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nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

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bell (often globular)

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sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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sinful; wicked; immoral

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myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

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