jpdb beta

(one's) life

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

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room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

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to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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important post; important office; key position

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successive jobs; consecutive jobs

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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modernization; modernisation

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

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central; mainline

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existence; being

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

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clan school; han school

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brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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house; hall; building

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massing (of troops); gathering

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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

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to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

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at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

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to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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tenth day of the month; ten days

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

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approval; endorsement

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to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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execution

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sincere; honest; faithful

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personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

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high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

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valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

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sound of rainfall

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Yagorou

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at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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200; two hundred

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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