jpdb beta

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)

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wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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to compare with the eye

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time; labour; labor

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present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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list; wrist

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to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

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to get information out of a person; to begin listening

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common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work

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good morning

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leader of a charge; first to arrive

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small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

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bodily sensation; sense; experience

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starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

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being worth doing

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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beachfront park; park by the sea

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sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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walk; stroll

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trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak

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green tea; Japanese tea

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moment by moment; hour by hour

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to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

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just past noon; afternoon

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lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch

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consideration; taking into account

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one's post; place of work; workplace

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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convenience store

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pork-cutlet sandwich; tonkatsu sandwich

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porch; pouch

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lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

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provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service

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staff member; employee; worker; personnel

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break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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lunch; midday meal

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to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on

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feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles

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rest; relaxation

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slightly heavy; a little heavy

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

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contest

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