jpdb beta

mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation

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by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

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widow

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to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking

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married man

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to be satisfied

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single word; a few words; brief comment

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anti-

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extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

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this much; this amount

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a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

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small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

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captain (of an aircraft)

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Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

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police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)

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coldhearted; hardhearted

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stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place

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at least; at most; (even) just

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dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern

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get-well card (gift, letter); visit to (inquiry after) a sick person

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home (family, domestic) life

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clerical desk; office desk

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particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

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cultural

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bathroom

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portrait; likeness; picture

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drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)

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to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

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to dye

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national sport (e.g. sumo)

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ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

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grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

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to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)

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poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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any one; any; whichever

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but; however; provided that

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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fine pattern

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quality collar for an under kimono

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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moderate; proper; just right

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

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compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case

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