jpdb beta

sleight of hand

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manuscript paper

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to scribble (write quickly); to dash off

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sender

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ruled (lined) paper

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police superintendent

2

overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty

1

library

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bento; Japanese box lunch

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

moving; changing residence; change of address

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

1

what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion

1

running errands; errand boy; errand girl

1

cleaning; scrubbing

1

one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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belch; eructation; burp

1

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

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stinginess; miserliness; parsimony

2

empty stomach; hunger

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to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience

1

third day of the month; three days

1

(army) provisions; food

1

roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato

2

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

to make do with; to manage with; to make shift; to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)

1

calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

1

restlessly; fussily; anxiously; to be cramped; to be claustrophobic

1

prickling; stinging; tingling

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to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

broke; skint

1

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

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to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy

1

lawsuit; (legal) case

1

departure

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on the occasion of

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train fare

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

food expense

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deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall

1

cost of one's food; one's board

2

clerk; office worker; office staff

1

recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

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transformation

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-less; lacking; non-existing

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to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

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