jpdb beta

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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suffix for familiar person

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younger sister

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cousin (younger female)

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small country

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junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs

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killing time; staving off boredom

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aunt; old lady; ma'am

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spelling

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to mimic; to imitate

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several lines (of text)

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good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster

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without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

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village

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principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress

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working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits

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to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)

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incontinence

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cross mark; demerit mark; an X

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extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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flight (plane)

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non-stop flight; direct flight

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train; electric train

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to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)

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time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

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circumstances

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to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

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Itami Airport; Osaka International Airport

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what time; (lit.) which hour

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small; fine; detailed; stingy

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acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

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(in) one's absence

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during absence from home

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tomorrow morning

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(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

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eleven o'clock

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empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

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Kenkichi

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five o'clock

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garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

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care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

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visually impaired person

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translating into Braille

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service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

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late; slowly

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this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

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to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

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