jpdb beta

occasionally; now and then; from time to time

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holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough

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honeymoon

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to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

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employee; worker

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bringing up; rearing; upbringing

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stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

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crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

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taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

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origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

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to take (be in) charge of

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trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary

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matter for the police; brush with the law

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

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to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

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other people; others

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to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

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(being) unable to look someone in the eye; (being) too ashamed to face (someone)

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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further; above (that); greater (than that); any more

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not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned

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to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

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rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

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shut up!; be quiet!

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next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

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to request earnestly

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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

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toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

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next week

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okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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investment; contribution; financing

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staff member; employee; worker; personnel

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balance

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milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk

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mother and child

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close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing

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type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

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stay; sojourn

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account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

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look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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