jpdb beta

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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jeep

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townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk

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to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

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missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

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circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

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to run away; to run off

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

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commissioned officer; military officer

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crime; criminal act; offence; offense

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search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

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possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

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denial; negation; negation; NOT operation

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to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties

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missing person

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interested person; volunteer; supporter

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except

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neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

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traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

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student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker

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studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

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to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

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to shake one's head

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thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

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to shake off

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-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

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to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

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(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

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remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

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suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

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to jump up to one's feet

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day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

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investigation; research; looking something up

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(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

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since; henceforth; ever since

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to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

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to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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