jpdb beta

leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

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young person; youth; young

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tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

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present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

medical science; medicine

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the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

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to be pregnant; to be with child

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quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

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willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

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to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

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meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off

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vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)

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to value; to prize; to honor; to respect

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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look of the sky; weather

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dirt cheap; super cheap; bargain-priced

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setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

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parched beans scattered on Setsubun

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

2

seasonal festival

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media

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to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

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astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

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along

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parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

2

rope; cord; policeman's rope

4

Tomoko

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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Bing cherry; cherries imported to Japan from America

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counter for things inside a bag

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cheap sweets

4

wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery

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appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance

2

colorful; colourful

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oleaster (any plant of genus Elaeagnus); silverberry (US)

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plastic

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poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

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baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

3

zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals

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both eyes

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forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb

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to pick up; to pick out

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eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep

2

coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding

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neighbors; neighbours

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castration; enervation

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity

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to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

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(hand) towel

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