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留
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Historical term
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
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Historical term
Japanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China
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Rare term
jointly held concession in China (e.g. Shanghai International Settlement)
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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; to locate; to identify
Examples
ホームページに住所を書いたら、その気になれば誰でもあなたの居所を突き止められる。
If you write your address on a web-page, anybody can find out where you live if the whim takes them.
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Archaic
to stab to death
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to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life)
Examples
彼女は飛行機墜落事故で息子が一命をとりとめたことを聞いてうれし泣きした。
She cried for joy when she heard that her son had survived the plane crash.
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Archaic
to ascertain; to make definite
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Early Japanese Christian term
brother; lay brother; non-ordained member of a Christian religious order
