jpdb beta

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

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Umeki

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hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

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study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

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art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

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training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

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to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

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tea ceremony; chanoyu

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school (e.g. of ikebana)

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to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

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(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)

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an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased; a tea infusion; tea and hot water; tea ceremony

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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audience; assembly; meeting

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to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

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text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

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beginning; start; outset

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once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)

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to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

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-years-old

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older brother; elder brother

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sudden death

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unexpectedly; surprisingly

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

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assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

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politics; government

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order; discipline; regularity; system; method

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to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

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national crisis; national disaster

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to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

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big; large; great

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decision; determination

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

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7000; seven thousand

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legitimate child

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Gennosuke

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secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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

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to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

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sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

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several years; a few years

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transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

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