jpdb beta

Taiwan

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Okinawa (city, prefecture)

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defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence

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if; in case; supposing

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sulfur (S); sulphur

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Island; insula; island; islet

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to take; to catch; to capture

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mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)

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landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

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whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams

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far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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the whole nation

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body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop

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meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

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main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

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to scan; to look over

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armchair theory; impracticable theory

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embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

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fabrication; pipe dream

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tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

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exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

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to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

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to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

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100,000,000; one hundred million

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fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

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elite

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group; mass

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my; our; one's own

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

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tedious; boring; being fed up with

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to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

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contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

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fundamental; basic

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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to hide; to conceal

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reliance; trust; faith; confidence

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further; above; anymore

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belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration

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in the end; at the end of the day

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rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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