jpdb beta

that's the way it is; such is life

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cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

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wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

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aftertaste

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to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home

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to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

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after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

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to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence

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heroine

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

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(raw) material

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

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physical work; manual labour (labor)

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

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to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

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pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

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to dominate (usu. one's husband)

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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moving about; stirring about

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vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

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to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

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to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

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to spin vigorously; to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)

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shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

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to have the nerve to

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aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

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to cook inside

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with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

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he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

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to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate

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there being no use in arguing (about it)

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one or two; a few; small number

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hair ornaments

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coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment

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to show off; to flaunt

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here and there; everywhere

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clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

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standing signboard; billboard; hoarding

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paint

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passage

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a cappella; unaccompanied choir or choral work

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five-family unit; five-man group; quintet

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stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

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classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics

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familiarity (of a sound, etc.)

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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