jpdb beta

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

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isn't that right?

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(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after

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I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...

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to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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article; news story; report; account

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above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

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newspaper

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(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

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about; on; regarding; per; for every

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television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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news

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ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

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residence; mansion

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a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

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murder case

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being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

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at that time; in those days

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unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

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central government office; head office; this office

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big shot; higher-ups

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he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

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

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uproar; disturbance

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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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myself; yourself; I; me; you

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advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving

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to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern

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mass communication; mass media

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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yesterday

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far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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crime; criminal act; offence; offense

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(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

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even

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official announcement; proclamation

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)

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main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple

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judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

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

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I; me

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horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

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bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

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ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)

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nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

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