jpdb beta

it's no joke; gimme a break!

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to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)

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publisher; publishing house; publishing company

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to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

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jealous; envious

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counter for books; volume

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each and every; all

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living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed

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out of print

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ten minutes

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script; screenplay; scenario

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to copy (down); to transcribe

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certainly; surely

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pride; dignity; self-worth

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

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notice; attention; observation

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to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

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all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost

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to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of

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to feel relieved; to feel satisfied

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

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anything and everything; just about everything

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to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

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to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

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straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

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calamity; misfortune; disaster

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to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

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extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super

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terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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very busy

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to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)

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to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

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out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location

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knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning

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such; this sort of; like this

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disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment

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to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

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tenacity; endurance

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incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

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just because; even if; even though

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please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

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once more; again

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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we; us; I; me

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outsider; someone outside of a group

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chance; opportunity; occasion

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cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind

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