jpdb beta

a certain ...

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older brother and younger sister

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to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return

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episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote

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older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

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younger sister

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twelve; 12; queen

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soot

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button (clothing); push-button; button

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to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

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louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

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to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

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ash; ashes

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to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

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soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light

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barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining

1

(small) stone; rock; piece of stone

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dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to be burned out (of one's home)

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pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy

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mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

2

however; because; as

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paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

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quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

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death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

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(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

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cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK

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water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be dejected; to be exhausted; to be tired out

3

stirring; rousing oneself

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already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely

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to become better; to improve

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

2

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

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to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

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hunger; starvation

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

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little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe

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line; queue; procession; matrix

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all but dead; half killed

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as (someone) says

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to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

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