jpdb beta

monjayaki; pan-fried batter with various fillings

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it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

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every year; yearly; annually

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

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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then; well; so; be; is

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

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somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

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to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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but; however; although

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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small-time candy store

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to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

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open air

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to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

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beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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

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ha ha ha; hee hee hee

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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ah; oh; hey!

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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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study; diligence; discount; reduction

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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

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more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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

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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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to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

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on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

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huh?; what's up?

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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