jpdb beta

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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to bring someone along

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adds force or indicates command

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

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fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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

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appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

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please (give me); please (do for me)

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one's house; one's home; one's family

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civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

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height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut

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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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France

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

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that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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learning by watching others; learning by imitation

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki

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you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

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isn't that right?

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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pose; pause

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one defeat

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

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more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

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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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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

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to catch a cold

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

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