jpdb beta

greeting; a fine thing to say

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to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

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(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone

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last night; yesterday evening

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

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to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

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laughing matter

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was

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to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

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enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

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urgent business

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to get a phone call

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to be delayed

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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apologetic

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to cancel; to call off

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

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to vomit; to spit out

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reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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tear-stained face

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ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck

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(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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door (Western-style, car, etc.)

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knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly

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(one's) self; oneself

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feeling depressed; feeling gloomy; feeling downhearted

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as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

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least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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(apportioning) in small amounts

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release; emission; ejection

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trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

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(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

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a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

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to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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the person himself

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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particularly; only; in the case of

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to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

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elective class

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

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metal fittings; metal fixtures

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lost article; something forgotten

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to disappear; to vanish

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