jpdb beta

matter of hit-and-miss; mix of success and failure; variation (in quality, returns, etc.)

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Burkina Faso

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cherry blossom festival

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jet lag

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competition for school marks; keeping score; score

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mandrake

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to gain weight; to put on weight

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swelling; edema; oedema

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recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

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throwing stones; slingshot; sling

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remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

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hi; yo

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chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

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sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

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creativity; ingenuity

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dad; (male) pet owner

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dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness

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dinner; evening meal

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planter

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sheep (Ovis aries)

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one's own style; self-taught manner

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rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

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free person; free spirit

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carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse

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shed; barn; outhouse

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female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent

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like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys

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fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep

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(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality

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butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom

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slender; slim

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unpredictability; element of surprise

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to shave

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abundant harvest; bumper crop

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corn (Zea mays); maize

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eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

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

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tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

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domestic duck

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bye; see you later

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8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

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hindrance; intrusion

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model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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chair; stool; post; office; position

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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foolish act; folly

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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