jpdb beta

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

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clipboard

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blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

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ball-point pen

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to lose (a chance); to miss; to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

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to be too late; to be too slow

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attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness

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to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

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(car) mechanic

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inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

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suspension system (of a vehicle); undercarriage; area around one's feet; footwear

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(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer

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supplementary budget

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personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

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expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

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fortune; luck; chance

2

100,000; hundred thousand

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OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

2

two weeks; fortnight

2

thanks

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certainly; surely

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evening meal; dinner

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burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

4

limit; bounds

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number two; mistress; concubine

2

sense of caution; wariness

1

pace; step; cadence

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood

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cuff; armhole

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to slide into; to slip into

3

one's own room

2

curtain rail

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

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roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

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common bean; green bean

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chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts

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to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir

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bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

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instant

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miso soup

3

to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

3

price reduction; discount

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Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food

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damage control

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microwave oven

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to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

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