jpdb beta

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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to be the case that

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

13

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

11

freedom; liberty

14

reform; innovation

13

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

42

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

4

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

5

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

1

self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

6

home area; home town; local

29

liberal

1

sovereign; emperor; monarch

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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aha!; yes sir

28

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

6

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

8

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

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to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

3

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

80

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

83

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

28

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

4

diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

1

reaction; response

15

email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male

56

printout; (computer) printing

2

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

31

this morning

1

attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

9

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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that's the way it is; such is life

21

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

34

last night; yesterday evening

1

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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invitation; introduction; temptation

2

being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something

1

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

15

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

23

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

2

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

23

during a session (of the legislature)

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

9

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

5

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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