jpdb beta

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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precisely because

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support; stay; prop

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a long, long time ago; very long ago

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

4

noise

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radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

1

Sugioka

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

2

absence (from work)

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amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

1

to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle

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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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it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

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clerk; office worker; office staff

2

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move

1

absence from work without permission

1

scene; sight; scenario; setting

1

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

1

athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival

1

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

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school

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high time; about time

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(public) park

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

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close; intimate; on good terms

1

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

2

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

4

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

1

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

2

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

1

email address

1

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately

1

hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around

1

so much; so; like that

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to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

4

to shout (in anger); to yell

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tch; ugh; damn

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as a child; when one was a child

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

1

(measuring) ruler

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shoehorn

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each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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