jpdb beta

the early bird gets the worm

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Nakai

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duck face; duck lips; facial expression where the lips are pursed and corners of the mouth raised

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jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

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cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)

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Ihy

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greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious

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both (people)

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pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case

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luckily; happily

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too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

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to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

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thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter

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plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

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mutual love

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to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

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journal; log

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fake

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100 yen

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

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game arcade; video arcade

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not understanding; not knowing

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to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

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spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

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eyebrow

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

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good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto

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blunder; bungle; clumsiness

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to take a class

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straight line; beeline

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ho-ho

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cheek

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annoying; noisy; strict

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big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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fine weather; fair weather

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won't do (for me)

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

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close; intimate; on good terms

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early rising

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

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mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

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childish; child-like; immature; infantile

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dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

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what is it?

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

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strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

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beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

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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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because of this

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