jpdb beta

afterword; postscript

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

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be; is

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one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.

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

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cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking

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season; time of year

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

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winter

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

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I; me

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summer

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than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except

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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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liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity

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because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

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longed-for; anxiously awaited

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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this year

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mild winter; warm winter

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)

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

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snow; snowfall

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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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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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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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

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well; now; then

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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six; 6

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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

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thank you

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overeating; gluttony

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berserk

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again; once again; yet again

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Fait; Feith; Fejto; Fyt

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always; all the time; never; usual; regular

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

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

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however; but

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