jpdb beta

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself

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(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

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here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

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500 yen coin

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exchange; conversion

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to repeat; to do over again

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face

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similar

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time passes

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my husband; one's family; family member

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to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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to increase; to multiply

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mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

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main character

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to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)

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theme park

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restless; fidgety; in a hurry

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silent; mute; dumb

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saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

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eccentric

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extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected

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rhetoric

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altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

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political

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hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

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Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

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karate gi; karate uniform

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terminator

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a great variety of; diversity

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people

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same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity

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adaptability; capacity for adaptation

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philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view

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clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance

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video camera; video camcorder

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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to disappear; to vanish

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ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

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to sniff out; to get wind of

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percent; per cent; percentage

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prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

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easy; simple; plain

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in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

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bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

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to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

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illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding

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