jpdb beta

everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen

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inspection visit

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earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

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be; is

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due to the fact that; because of

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space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings

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top or preceding horizontal column

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worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

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lower left

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illustration (e.g. book); picture

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

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flag; banner; streamer

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ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

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to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

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cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

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(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

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to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

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pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback

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in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant

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beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

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to take time

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(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

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to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force

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(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

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neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)

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damage

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doing as one is told; yes-man

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stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

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short; brief

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advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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civic life

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feeler; tentacle

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the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields

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farmer; peasant

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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factory worker

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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south-west

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dusty

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old furniture; curios; secondhand goods

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city

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to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series

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front; frontage; facade; main

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signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

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billboard; large signboard; first-rate influential performer (theatre, film, etc.); leading star; draw

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