jpdb beta

general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group

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person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer

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staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location

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indicates emphasis

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to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

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sleeping bag

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this; our; right; justice; checking account

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being very busy; busyness

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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duty; function; office; mission; task; role

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you could say that; that might be so

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

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to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; betting booth (at a racecourse)

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last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

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full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom

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romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

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relation; relationship

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still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

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cough; ahem

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

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leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host

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greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)

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program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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lightly salted

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mister; Mr

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

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in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

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making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

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alcohol; sake

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New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)

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kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

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first shrine visit of the New Year

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash

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one night; one evening; all night; overnight

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thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts

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salad

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drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking

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competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

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to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

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Wiener

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to buy more (of something)

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to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow

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