jpdb beta

thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me

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bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

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Happy New Year

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reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

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to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

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paper tape; paper streamer; punched tape

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to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)

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to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

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festivals; feasts

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hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

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five (long cylindrical things)

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to feel hot; to flush; to burn

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to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly

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the past; old times; bygone times; days of yore

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distant look; faraway look

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eyelid

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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massing (of troops); gathering

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presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity

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defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

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to walk; to move forward; to make progress

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to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange

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scar

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weapon; arms; (lit.) shield and spear; fighting; war

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excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle

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to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

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to be consulted

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shady; underhanded; questionable

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to swallow; to gulp down

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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responsible position

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carpenter

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meteor shower

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to mistake (A for B); to misread

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to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

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(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit

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fierce attack

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veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced

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to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

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overload

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six minutes

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to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

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to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

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minor injury

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

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calamity; disaster; accident

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to fail to die (after attempting suicide); to fail to kill oneself; to come close to dying; to be almost killed; to survive (when others died); to outlive others

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foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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