jpdb beta

just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

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unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

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miracle; wonder; marvel

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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to bear; to endure

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

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engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

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shoji (paper sliding door)

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beckoning

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Buddhist family chapel; altar room

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tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

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indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

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Buddhist (household) altar

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diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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in order; in turn; one by one

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end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

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forty; 40

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charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

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countless; incalculable

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to gaze long at

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nightmare; bad dream

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method; process; manner; way; means; technique

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performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)

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to move forward; to move on

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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half a year; six months

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to the end; to the last

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failure; mistake; blunder

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telephone number

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to smile (at); to grin (at)

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large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

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tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

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dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

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knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

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to weep one's eyes out

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to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

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to be too numerous; to be too much

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scholar

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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family lineage

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economics

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professor; teaching; instruction

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science

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changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

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botany

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geophysics

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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