jpdb beta

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

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to get into trouble; to have troubles; to cause trouble; to break down

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abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited

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festival; feast; carnival; matsuri

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lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)

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to emit smoke

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quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

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purple smoke; tobacco smoke

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to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)

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to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

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vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit

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to finish dyeing

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

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immediate reply

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to bear fruit

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inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive

2

what is it?

1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

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to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one

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not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

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to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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to come to mind; to pop into one's head

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bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

therefore; consequently

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to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

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sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue

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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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speaker

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with a rushing sound (of rain, waves, etc.); with a whoosh (e.g. when pouring rice); in a sudden collapse; with a clatter; swarming (e.g. of insects); surging

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to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

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school festival

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envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

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that; the matter in question

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

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rooftop

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nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

1

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

1

to be almost finished

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

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to get over; to forget

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to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult

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to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

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