jpdb beta

everyday language; common parlance; vernacular

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robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

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nursing; looking after

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donkey; ass

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accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges; rent

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cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment

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activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

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able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

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ardour; ardor; passion; fervour; fervor

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deviation; departure; (accidental) omission

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to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent

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ability to get things done

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ambitious person

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free trade

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advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author

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reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground

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advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

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demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away

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opium

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positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

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announcement; notice

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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Japanese government

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to incur someone's enmity

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refusal; rejection; denial; veto

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random; aimless

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to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

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red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling

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to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

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true intention; underlying motive

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unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view

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trading company employee

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a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

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lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

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open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

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to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

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last month

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unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

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we

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will; volition; intention; intent; determination

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cannot be helped; unavoidable

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foursome; group of four people; Gang of Four (Maoist political faction)

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