jpdb beta

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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annuity; pension

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property; fortune; means; assets

1

cost of social security; social welfare spending

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kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

1

to swell up

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explosion; rupture; break off

1

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

1

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

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unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

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change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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idea; plan

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convenient

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readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

3

all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die

1

in the same manner as before; the same as always

1

(one's) interests

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confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling

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quantity or volume of water

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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

1

way of speaking; intimation

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unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion

1

to fall asleep

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kanji; Chinese character

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Chinese tea

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private (establishment)

1

what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

1

modern times; the modern age; this day and age

1

taking a junior high-school entrance examination

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

2

drawing paper

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glittering stars

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outer space; void of space

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consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

2

to develop one's ability

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to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

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sure; yeah; I know

2

to be needed; to be wanted

2

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

2

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

1

leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew

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nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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lawmakers from the ruling parties; government member of parliament

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form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

1

topic of discussion; agenda

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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

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response; reply; answer; defence; defense

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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