jpdb beta

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

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sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

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considerably; greatly; a lot

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to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

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example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

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(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

2

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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because; since

2

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

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compared to

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which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

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(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

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cheap article; poor-quality article

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(please) don't

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red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

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is that so?; I see; right; oh

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all over; all over the place; everywhere

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

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that's the way it is; such is life

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you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty

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say; well; um; er

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worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

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will not do; do not; does not

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before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

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unique thing; best on earth

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burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

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this morning

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sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

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father

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my condolences

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the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

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bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

5

to go; to come

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duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

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to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

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for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

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trouble; bother; annoyance

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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immediately; right away; at once; instantly

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to come back

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)

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charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

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