jpdb beta

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

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game

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to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

2

mother

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

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form; shape; figure; visage

3

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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to moan; to groan

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rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

2

massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

2

full speed

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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chance (of success); odds

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to beat the hell out of

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centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

2

control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management

3

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

15

Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

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bypass

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important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

4

to do so; to do thus

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strongest

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one second

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leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

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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

2

racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

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to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)

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only; merely; but; no more than

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amount of sugar; sugar content

1

chocolate

1

tee-hee

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refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

1

won't do (for me)

2

circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)

1

middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school

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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

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fumbling; groping

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feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

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to attempt; to test; to try out

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to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

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incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal

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theory

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fundamental; basic

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throughout Japan

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