jpdb beta

practical problem; practical matter

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma

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other people's affairs; someone else's problem

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profit

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impossible dream

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to be profitable; to pay

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places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

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population; common talk

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ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

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descendant; progeny; offspring

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same meaning; synonymy

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fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit

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shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

1

(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

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stature; height

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to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)

3

at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately

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brown; light brown; tawny

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outward appearance; looks

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

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long talk; long-winded speech

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to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

5

irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing

3

right in front; just opposite; under the nose

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floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly

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and; thereupon; because of that

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I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

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to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty

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little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe

2

marriage vows

6

historical play; period drama

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fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

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moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains

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this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

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afterlife; the next world; the world beyond

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

10

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

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ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

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to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked

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every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

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painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

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to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

15

electric light

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string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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rustling of clothes

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to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age

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