jpdb beta

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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clothes; outfit; uniform

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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club activities; extracurricular activities

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hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

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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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sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

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fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

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feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

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surely; certainly

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disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely

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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

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light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

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to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

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if it's the case

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we; us

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to do one's best; to put forth every effort

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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to rescue from; to help out of; to save

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international phone call

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arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

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busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

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perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

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to do

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as (somebody) says

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so; like this; in this way

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nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

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effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

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direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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jealousy; envy

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

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pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

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