jpdb beta

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

2

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

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(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

2

establishment; settlement

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months and years

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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the third

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penal servitude

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first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

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twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

5

being on duty; person on duty

3

development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile

1

one's own room

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on board a ship

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to stagger; to stumble

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to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

many times

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control; check; restraint; inhibition

2

examination; interrogation; questioning

1

sudden death

1

the staff; inside the department

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

2

to have an excuse

1

infantry; infantryman; foot soldier

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

shortcut

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to become inverted; to become reversed

1

return; restoration

1

promotion (school, military, etc.)

2

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

using as an intermediary; through

1

clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

1

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

1

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

5

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

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going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

freshly washed

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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by all means; no matter what; at any rate

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)

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derivation

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especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally

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step; stride; counter for steps

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disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

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destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment

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