jpdb beta

press conference; news conference

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end; close; conclusion; termination

1

to become; to be

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towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

1

to start to move; to get going; to come alive

1

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

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to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

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information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)

1

chance; opportunity

1

the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

1

bill (law); measure

1

paper

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

2

nothing but; except; no more than

1

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

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

1

to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)

1

come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

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is not; am not; are not

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store; shop; establishment; restaurant

2

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

2

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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Nakagawa

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

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close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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student days

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Akita (city, prefecture)

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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Gunma (prefecture)

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one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

2

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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every week

1

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

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doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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I see; that's right; indeed

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auntie; older woman

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thank you; thanks

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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