jpdb beta

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

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Japanese person

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sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

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honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

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great majority

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last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

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to make sense

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

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encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

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breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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tidying up; finishing

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anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

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(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless

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highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability

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police officer; policeman; policewoman

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number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number

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reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

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rarely; seldom

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crisis management

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personal computer; PC

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to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer

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I; me

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above; more than

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inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)

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control; management; supervision

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fortune; luck; chance

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nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

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underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

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change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

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customer; client; patron

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register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster

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supporter; backer

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simultaneous; all at once

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to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

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copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

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to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

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darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

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to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

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pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

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(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

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snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation

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J; j; Japan; joule; jack; tatami mat (as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm); J.League

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to say; to be called; to do

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memory; memory; recollection; remembrance

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mister; Mr

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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