jpdb beta

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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master; expert

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successive generations; successive emperors

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step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

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ten; 10; ten years of age

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player (of a sport); athlete; team member

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super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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to exert oneself; to make efforts

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you (plural)

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preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

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tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

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judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

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circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

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people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

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director; executive; officer; official; person in charge

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association; society; organization; organisation

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all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships

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counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

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100; hundred

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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

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however

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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participation; joining; entry; adherence

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pupil; student; schoolchild

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1,000; thousand

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futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate

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second day of the month; two days

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championship; title (of champion)

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

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you (plural)

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championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

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full-time service

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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hibernation; staying indoors during winter

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evening; last night; yesterday evening

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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