jpdb beta

what is it?

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you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

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curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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warm; mild; genial

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

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to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

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cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming

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dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

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look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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drama; theatre; theater; play

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to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze

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lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

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drift; drifting (driving technique); controlled skid

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conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

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heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment

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nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

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Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

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shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

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old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds

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to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

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contact information (address, phone number, etc.)

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and then; and so; and; so then

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to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky

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next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

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confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

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disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

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bench used by kabuki actors during performance; for enemies and allies to pull back their troops at the same time; responding to enemy arrow fire with arrow fire

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

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matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue

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to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher

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outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

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serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

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all; everything

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first; new

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seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

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clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

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to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

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good contrast; marked contrast

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(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid

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grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip

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location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)

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