jpdb beta

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

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payment; defrayal; disbursement

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prayer; wish; vow

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both parties; both sides

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to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

soon; shortly; nearly; almost

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tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume

2

second proof; second revision

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to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)

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complete works; complete collection; complete series

5

Toshiko

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Japanese literature

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publication; issue

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project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

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Ozaki Kouyou (1867-1903)

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rising novelist

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encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending

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allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation

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head; lead; vanguard; first

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Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

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if so; in that case; in that situation

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debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

2

royalty (on book)

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to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict

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computation; calculation

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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10,000; ten thousand

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

3

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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planning; project; plan; design

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...

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rash assumption; hasty conclusion

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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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that's so, however ...

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manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)

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decision; determination

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to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

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to be at a loss; to be puzzled

3

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

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to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

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to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

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to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

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to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

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at least

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