jpdb beta

that's the way it is; such is life

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single cell; simple-minded; one-track-minded

1

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

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fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful

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to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

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to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath

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both (people); the two of them

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immature; childish

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tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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junior high school student; middle school pupil

2

summer school

9

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

2

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

1

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

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experience

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constrained; uncomfortable; awkward

1

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

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to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

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to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

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crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

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fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

1

false charge

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to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

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to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

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thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

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cloud

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eight; 8

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to run around

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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

4

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

4

bell pepper (esp. green); green pepper; sweet pepper; capsicum

4

stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge

2

stew; hodgepodge

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tomato ketchup

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demi-glace (type of brown sauce)

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middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

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worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom

1

to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together

2

(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

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sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

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somewhat hard; somewhat firm; fairly hard; on the hard side

1

Hamburg steak; hamburger steak

2

appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)

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