jpdb beta

that's true; of course; obviously

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

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New Year's card

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show me

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one thin flat object; one sheet

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cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

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alcohol; sake

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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how many people; a number of people

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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

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this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

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section manager; section chief

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stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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spring water; clear (pure) water

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every person; each one; everybody

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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suffix for familiar person

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

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osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

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to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

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vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

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feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

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mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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two

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both (people)

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other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

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slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

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towel

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to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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