jpdb beta

(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer

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masochist; masochism

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bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste

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just past noon; afternoon

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evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

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small; fine; detailed; stingy

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snowflake (cluster of ice crystals)

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powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

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road approaching a shrine

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to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

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parking on the streets; on-street parking

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shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

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bus stop

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deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

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Shinto shrine

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New Year's Eve

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

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year-end office closing (usu. Dec. 28)

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hot line; hotline

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being on duty; person on duty

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trip; excursion; outing

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Hakone Shrine

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first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

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sigh; long breath

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feeding (animals); provisioning

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fur

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food

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to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

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harming one's image; worsening of one's image

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to close (one's eyes); to shut

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god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

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satisfactory; decent

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to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)

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nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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guilty conscience; feelings of remorse

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

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confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

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unfairness; injustice; partiality

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older sister; lass; young lady

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running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

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weak; delicate; sickly

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to take over; to hand over

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to pick on; to tease

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