jpdb beta

pole; climax; extreme; extremity

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thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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every day; daily

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to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

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love; affection

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transactions; dealings; business

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clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

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refusal

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bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

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to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

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melancholy; gloom; grief

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

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pain; agony; bitterness

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stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly

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to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

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harassment; pestering

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purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

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isolation; being alone; being friendless

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if; in case; supposing

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to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

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hostility; animosity; enmity

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon

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tennis court

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objection; shortcomings

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to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

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by force

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plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

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right under; directly below

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(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt

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dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

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to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

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to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

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unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

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origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

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to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

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friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

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opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

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bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

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(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

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vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

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to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

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back door

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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National Diet Library; Library of Congress

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Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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