jpdb beta

just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

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serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

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to get information out of a person; to begin listening

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to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

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the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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to look young; to seem young

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boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

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negative; minus

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Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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commuting to work

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day of month; counter for days

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis

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debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild

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fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus

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stationary point

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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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person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider

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unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

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rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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croquette

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as a child; when one was a child; childhood

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

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to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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retirement; resignation

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tuition; school expenses

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washing (esp. dishes and laundry)

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winter vacation; winter holidays

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recreation; diversion; relaxation

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greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse

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pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

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chicken meat

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underground train; subway

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to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

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no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

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classic (work, esp. book); the classics

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to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply

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examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier

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old woman

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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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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

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to hide; to conceal

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heavy rain

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average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

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to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

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