jpdb beta

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

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explanation; interpretation

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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be; is

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there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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human being; human; person; character (of a person)

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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surely; certainly

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three people

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play; drama

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

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major earthquake; large earthquake

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

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to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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big; large; great

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anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

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(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

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oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

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(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

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these guys; these fellows

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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