jpdb beta

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

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creative

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment

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subordinate person

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to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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periodic; regular; routine

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management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position

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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

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course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

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guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

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know-how

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the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

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new and old; incoming and outgoing

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leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)

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model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

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century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

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to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

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existing (type, form)

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adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

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way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

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to be silent; to say nothing

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I; me

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

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-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

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type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

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pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

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severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

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sports-minded; sports-oriented

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feeling; sense; impression

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I see; that's right; indeed

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care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude

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while; during; while; although; all; both

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to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

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neighbourhood; neighborhood

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tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

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older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

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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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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

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strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

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to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)

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some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

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