jpdb beta

more than usual (usu. time)

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snowman

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mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut

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water fountain

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to go to see; to visit

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to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

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skating (esp. ice); skate; skates

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to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)

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ouch; ow

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright

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light brown; tawny

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maybe; could be; might

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yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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trap

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to be smeared; to be covered

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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snow country; snowy region

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Aomori (city, prefecture)

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growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

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snowball fight

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et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

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(not) even once; (not) ever

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entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings

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cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

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self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive

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tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party

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to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)

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see; you see; ha

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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rule

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shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!

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comparing heights; comparison of statures

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formation; combination

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since; henceforth; ever since

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judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

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temple; monk

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votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse

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message

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pitfall; trap; pit

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skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

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special duty

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covert action; covert operations

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quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

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to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to

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everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

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to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist

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whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)

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