jpdb beta

retirement

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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

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recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

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really; truly; indeed; good grief

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something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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to subsist; to keep on living

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to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

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calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

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to walk

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to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous

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to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

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to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

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to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

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total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

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ahead; before; the future

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art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

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makuragaeshi; monster that flips pillows over at night; changing a pillow position (esp. for a dead body); acrobatic routine involving multiple wooden pillows

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

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flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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next; then; after that

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exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

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being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

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prohibition; inhibition; ban

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bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)

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in the ward or borough

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fruit knife; paring knife

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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

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to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

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money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights

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first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

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when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

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contract; compact; agreement

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how many months?; how long?

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taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

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possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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she; her; girlfriend

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I; me; you; manservant

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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