jpdb beta

I thought so; I suspected as much; just as I thought; now you're talking; that's the spirit

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF

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to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

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discomfort; displeasure

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material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world

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black swan (Cygnus atratus); black swan event; rare, unpredictable event

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to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

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ashtray

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patient; persevering

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for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

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group (usu. of people)

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link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

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to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

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to steal; to rob; to take away

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living witness

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direct appeal; direct petition

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programme; program; plans; arrangements

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breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation

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to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)

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out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

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interception (email); wiretap; bug

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to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

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in; at; for

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soundproofing

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machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery

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highly directional microphone

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municipal office; council; city hall

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to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

3

going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse

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end; close; finish; termination

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chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business

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to have a drink; to grab a drink

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office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman

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group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

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to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

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shopping

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to frolic about; to mess around

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somewhat strong; fairly strong; fairly firm

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depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

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to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

6

heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance

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substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

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smiling face

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yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill

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to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)

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container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

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to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

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Capon

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water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied (orig. used for keeping birds and wildlife away)

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