jpdb beta

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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example; specimen; sample

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to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

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this much; this amount

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to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

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person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness

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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

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employee; worker

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ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

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business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

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to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)

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manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things

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agency; official dealership; distributor

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

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property; fortune; means; assets

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(social) position; status

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new building; new construction

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foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel

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to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around

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picture dealer; commercial art gallery

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merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

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legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped

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letter of introduction

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currency value

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most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

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to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

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qualifications; requirements; capabilities

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upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

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provincial (country) millionaire

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handicraft; industrial art object

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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Osami

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paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

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antique; curio

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prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory

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shall ...; to assume; to suppose

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Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

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hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

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box made of paulownia wood; paulownia box

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to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

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purple; violet

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Hungary

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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