jpdb beta

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

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pop music; popular music

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

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cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

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to badger; to pester; to beg

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sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant

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stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

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to stare in wonder; to be amazed

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painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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have a pain in one's chest

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discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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welcome; (warm) reception

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rich person; wealthy person

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earnings

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at a loss for words; stumped for words

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overwhelming

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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family

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to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

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peace; harmony

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habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

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vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged

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miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful

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taxi fare

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

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Golden Gai (Shinjuku)

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first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)

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drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation

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Yasukuni (Shrine)

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crossroads; intersection

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to turn right; to turn to the right

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flickering; blinking

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to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

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(a business) open all night

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liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

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promenade; esplanade

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octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)

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panic

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these guys; these fellows

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image

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