jpdb beta

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

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ah; oh; hey!

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(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)

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good grief

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breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special; special breakfast offer

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early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

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child; children

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to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

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to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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transactions; dealings; business

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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huh?; what's up?

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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elder sister; effeminate man

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Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

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kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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sure; yeah; I know

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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

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is that so?; I see; right; oh

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back; behind; rear

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shop manager

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you (plural)

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yesterday

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nothing but; except; no more than

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probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not

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idleness; inactivity

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love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

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-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust

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hey; listen; look here; I say

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grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt

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this store

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

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food cooked in miso; cooking in miso

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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