jpdb beta

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

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(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

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falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

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surely; certainly; without doubt

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ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

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advocate; defender; champion; backer

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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fate; chance

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profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

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Fumiko

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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one year and a half

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(another's) husband

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to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)

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monetary offering; offertory

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to ring a bell

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clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

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chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken

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elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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to speak ill of; to disparage

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sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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(main building of a) Shinto shrine

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to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

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bell (often globular)

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

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to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

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sales promotion; hard selling

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commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental

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mother; wife

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quiet; calm; still

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stepmother

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second elder brother

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pupil in ... year; student in ... year

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shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors

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to abridge; to shorten; to economize

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second son

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guess; conjecture

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one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother

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to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

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sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

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to forbid; to suppress

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wild idea; delusion

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fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity

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demanding; difficult; strict

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ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

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change of occupation

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