jpdb beta

among (them); of (them)

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shopping district; shopping street; downtown

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Shinto shrine

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summer festival

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

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paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

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to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

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festival; feast; carnival

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a long time ago

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Tokyo

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twice

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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

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dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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train; electric train

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narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

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awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk

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to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

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inventor

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glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

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those (near the second person)

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gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

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to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

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circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

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participation; joining; entry; adherence

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

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ahem

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takoyaki; octopus dumplings

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

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to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

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apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

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well-known store

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moral support; emotional support; spiritual support

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conversely; on the contrary

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to sell

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heavy

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emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

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