jpdb beta

unedited remarks; frank opinions

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to be of use as a reference; to be helpful

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young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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questioning (e.g. by police)

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care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

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won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

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page

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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to get distracted; to jump off the track

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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family register; census

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to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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the other day; lately; recently

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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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password

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to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

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parents; both parents

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hint

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yes; that is so

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dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

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ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

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to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

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jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

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to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

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oh, yes?; really?

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cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

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amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

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go home; get out

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overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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venture

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

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rarely; seldom

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discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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