jpdb beta

(a) short story; short-story writer

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talk; story; conversation

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request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

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above-mentioned

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weak point; unskillfulness

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achievable; doable; attainable; conceivable; possible

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(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest

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to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

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

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to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate; to stroke; to rub

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floating nest

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to be at a loss

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evening bell; curfew

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half and half; fifty-fifty

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to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

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difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)

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precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

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negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations

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all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

to discuss; to talk together

1

temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha (esp. the main hall of a Zen Buddhist temple)

1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

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instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

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inseparability

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meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

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to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

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heartstrings; koto string

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family quarrel

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expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

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intolerable; unbearable

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warm; mild; genial

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grim; stern; stark; heartless

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to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

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senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

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trouble; bother; annoyance

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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famous book; masterpiece (literary work)

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dream; vision; reverie

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greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

1

story; tale

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Nakayamakeibajō

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member; the membership

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box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)

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telescope

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that sort of; like that

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rope; cord

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undermentioned (statement); the following; at left

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aforementioned (statement); preceding; at right

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Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

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