jpdb beta

to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)

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to sidle up to

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

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tape

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wrapping paper

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to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

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dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

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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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counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

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athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

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letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

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dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division

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to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

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child's mind; child's heart; young mind

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congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

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the front; honest; upright; decent

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to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger

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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

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(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

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accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution

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classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

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far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

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possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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welcome

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

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any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

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substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

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using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

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eatery; restaurant

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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