jpdb beta

establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment

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some people; a few people; several people

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one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

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affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

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to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

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puniness; youth

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period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

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tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

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to dream (of)

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in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

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reliance; dependence

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first match (in a series)

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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letter (of alphabet); character; writing

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good design

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basketball

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

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next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

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Regent hairstyle; ducktail; Pompadour

3

corner of one's eye

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starter

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wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

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boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

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positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

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one's first campaign; one's first battle

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straw bag

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A; a

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study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies

3

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

3

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

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son

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to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

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to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

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tournament

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

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Yanagihara

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

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more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

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lucky; fortunate

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mule

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good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

4

right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

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first goal; first point

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recover

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regulation; control

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tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

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hey; yo; hi

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to hate; to dislike

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in the meanwhile; during the time

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