jpdb beta

(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement

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ancient China

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convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)

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persuasion; convincing

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ordinary people; general public; public at large

1

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

3

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

1

racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious

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self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

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reader

2

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

4

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

1

to demean; to despise; to treat with contempt; to abase

8

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

4

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

1

only; nothing but

1

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

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self; oneself

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another person; others

5

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

2

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

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Heian period (794-1185)

1

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

1

fixing one's aim in life; deciding one's life goal

1

lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode

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walking alone; walking without assistance; unique; matchless; unparalleled

1

recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song

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Kunikida Doppo (1871-1908)

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

1

than; from; out of; except; but; more

2

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

to be found

1

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

1

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

1

criticism; critique

1

still; as yet; as of old

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

1

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

1

from now on; hereafter

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disregarding; ignoring

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trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

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