jpdb beta

dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest

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all; entire; whole; altogether

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inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; fish with a silver-blue sheen (e.g. sardines, mackerel); 20-point card; bright

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high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

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yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

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banknote; bill; note; paper money

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to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

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yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

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number one; first; best; most; game; round

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to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

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scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards

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clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

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good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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why; how; for what reason

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a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

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complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome

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kanji; Chinese character

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

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

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originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

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I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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a sound; one sound

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because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

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(one) letter; (one) character

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standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

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kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

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after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

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non-standard kana; variant kana forms; hentaigana

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unusual form; different shape; variant (e.g. kanji, kana)

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to ignore; to overlook

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noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

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to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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