jpdb beta

it's no joke; gimme a break!

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expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose

4

aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

1

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

1

existence; possession; having; limited company

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

2

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

1

to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

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one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

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antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times

5

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

4

to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

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station square; station plaza

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souvenir store; gift shop

4

storefront; shopfront

2

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

3

bamboo work; bamboo ware

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yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

2

saleswoman; shopgirl

1

to dust (shelves, etc.); to use a duster

1

nineteen; 19

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by force

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to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

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to blacken; to darken

6

house; building

1

several houses

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Tokyo

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country town; rural town

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memories; recollections; reminiscence

4

gaiter; puttee

1

drill

2

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

2

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

5

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

3

boarding house; residence hall; dormitory

2

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

life; living; I; me; student

2

one year; some time ago

5

event; function

2

boarder; boarding student

5

Christianity

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lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

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vanity

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among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

3

dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent

1

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

4

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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