jpdb beta

afterword; postscript

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everyone

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nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine

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infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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linkage

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series

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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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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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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it's been a long time; long time no see

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be; is

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foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

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unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

3

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power

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be; is

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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

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present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress

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dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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two; 2

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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to become; to be

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work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

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to recall; to remember

1

nine; 9

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

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Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

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from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

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already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

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offer

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall

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