jpdb beta

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

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home builder (esp. a large nationwide company)

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

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showroom; model home

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reference; consultation

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subsidy; grant-in-aid

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pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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furniture

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note; memo; memorandum

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magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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going to and fro; back and forth

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dog park

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lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede

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without

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

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to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

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co-sleeping; sleeping together

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at any cost; at any price; at any expense

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if so; in that case; in that situation

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coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person

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(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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fiance; fiancee

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ramen; Chinese-style noodles

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling

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in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

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heavy loss

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preference; priority; precedence; right of way

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to the end; to the last

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Iwamori

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construction work

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arrival; coming

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to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch

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to say; to speak; to tell; to be called

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sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

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Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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mother; wife

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congratulations

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that gentleman; that lady; he; she

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if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose

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unlucky

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even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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to grow old; to age

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to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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