jpdb beta

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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city

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administration; governance; the authorities; authority

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thanks; gratitude

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misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen

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scratch; scratch mark

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

3

to breathe out; to exhale

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seat belt; seatbelt

4

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

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as (somebody) says

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even if not; even without

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column; file; (vertical) line

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accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal

5

rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

2

law; rule

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light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

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underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

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ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)

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straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

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wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

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slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

1

15; fifteen

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every year; yearly; annually

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stop

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kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

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to have the nerve to

5

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

2

firing; discharge of gun

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to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

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to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

2

feelings; thoughts; meaning

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to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

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to look into; to peer in

2

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

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languidly; loosely

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

2

to fall prostrate

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with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

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side; flank

2

bullet (from a rifle)

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absence; disregard; indifference

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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

2

live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money

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something (or other)

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect

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