jpdb beta

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR

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participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

7

executives; top management; governing body

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

cover; lid; cap

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

1

noon; midday

1

radio

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Emperor of Japan

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radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)

1

unconditional surrender

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

1

transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis

4

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

to manage something successfully; to be successful

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

at least; at most; (even) just

3

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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with the exception of; excepting; excluding

4

one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

1

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

3

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

1

in the sea

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deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths

1

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

1

phosphorescence

2

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

1

fish

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mysterious fish; strange fish

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; (arch.) fool; curved gutter

1

ecosystem

1

change in appearance; transformation

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

king; monarch; ruler; champion

1

reigning; controlling; dictating

1

back (of body)

2

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

4

fin (e.g. of a fish)

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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reptiles

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fish; fishes

2

living thing; living creature; animal; life

3