jpdb beta

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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to start to move; to get going; to come alive

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single word; a few words; brief comment

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baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team

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manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties

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summer

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captain

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teammate

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)

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even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

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unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

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to nod to one another

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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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to join forces; to cooperate

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coloring (in; e.g. a drawing); colouring; adding color (to)

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smoothly; swiftly

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speed

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two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)

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pace

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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take (e.g. in film-making)

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a bit more; a bit longer

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

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to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

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comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger

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to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

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to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

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anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

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to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about

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(unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence; happening (performance)

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occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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studio

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to collapse; to flop (onto)

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something; some kind of; for some reason

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groan; moan; moaning

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to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

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to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up

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eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

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unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

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

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throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

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to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

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twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

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