jpdb beta

to harden one's heart

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evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting

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to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

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to summon; to get used to call

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to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)

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abundant (grain) crop; good harvest

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professional job; profession

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to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue

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as good as new

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to arrive

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to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

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(brand-)new article

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article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article

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things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property

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to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)

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to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

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being on duty; person on duty

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rectangle; oblong

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very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

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bookmark; guidebook

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marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

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blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body

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apology; excuse

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scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

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to return; to come back

3

lodging house

2

costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing

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(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

silent bow

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

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having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal

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Marco; Marko

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quickly; swishing; whooshing

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to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen

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green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn

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to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly

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to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

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to become hungry

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learning; studying the fine arts

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clothing; garment; dress

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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

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bygones; the past; past event

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

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affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

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to be impressed; to greatly admire

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underling; newbie; small fry; newcomer

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to prosper; to flourish

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