jpdb beta

Pettah, Sri Lanka

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Atsushi

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quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

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broken heart

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very; extremely

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Konishi

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shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

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to dazzle; to blind

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hammer throw (track and field)

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total idiot

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aunt; middle-aged lady

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dangerous

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to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

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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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nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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will not do; do not; does not

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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summer term (e.g. school); summer period

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habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity

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Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

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handbag; purse

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mutual love

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early

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(for the) first time in one's life

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dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa

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meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator

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indeed; it's no wonder

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it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

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pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol

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ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

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hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho

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regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)

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snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash

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to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings

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basketball club

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short course; training

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oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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whatever

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pitching ability; counter for pitches

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matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

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unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

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darling

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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the public; general public

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no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

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what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way

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(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)

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