jpdb beta

discharge of water (from a river, dam, etc.); drainage; spraying water (on); hosing

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frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline

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serves you right!; see what happens!

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

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middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

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to stoop; to bend over

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madness; insanity; madman; mania; craze; obsession

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gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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selecting a suitable person; personnel selection

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as you want; as you will

2

using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

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while running; while moving; in motion

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nearest; closest

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moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

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pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

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to distract

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restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)

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dawn; daybreak

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to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

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urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

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principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

2

high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood

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as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably

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which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

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to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

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compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take

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not required

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front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)

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to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms

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active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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escort

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gas light; gas lamp

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to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

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Mizokuchi

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low table; table with very short legs

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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chandelier

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to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)

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individual packaging; individual wrapping

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to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate

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retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation

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tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)

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soon; before long; shortly thereafter

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to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence

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sense of security

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storage room; store room; lumber room

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ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

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down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

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both; together; jointly; simultaneously

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without saying a word

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