jpdb beta

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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Japan

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop

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to close (one's eyes); to shut

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small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop

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to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

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mystery

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-ish; -like

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

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trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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irresponsibility

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

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other people's affairs; someone else's problem

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go home; get out

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children; kids

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all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

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to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

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promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

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minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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should do; ought to do

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to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

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fax; facsimile; fax machine

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to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous

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the six senses

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feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection

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frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

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to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

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monologue

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cause; origin; source

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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such; this sort of; like this

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strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

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clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge

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long-term

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

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surely; certainly

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this area; around here

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plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

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I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...

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