jpdb beta

bandit; brigand

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working adult; full-fledged member of society

1

great success; huge success

1

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

3

knowledge; information

2

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward

1

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

1

slave; servant; slavery

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false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back

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to be at a loss for words

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fresh off the farm; inexperienced

1

real power

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to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

2

foreign; abroad; overseas

2

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

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theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

2

very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

2

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

3

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

(nothing) but a little

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sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)

1

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

1

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

1

way (of doing); manner; method

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domestic violence

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you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem

1

devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

1

potential

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

3

hard worker; hardworking person

3

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

1

to be discouraged; to shrink from

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off

1

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

2

direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim

3

multiplication

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calculation; computation

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four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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