jpdb beta

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

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entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

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fake; something false; sham; deception

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cabinet minister

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second month of the lunar calendar

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Shouko

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clandestine meeting

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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continuous shooting (photography); consecutive shooting; rapid shooting

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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(world of) politics; political world; political circles

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show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment

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taboo

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

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younger sister

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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younger sister

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to obtain evidence

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older brother; elder brother

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to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

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one month

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to lose one's footing; to slip

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plunging to one's death; death from a fall

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(a) few; some; several

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unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

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accidental death

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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to disappear; to vanish

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birth; creation; formation

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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minor; person under age

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obscenity; harlotry

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

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atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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to hate; to detest

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(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

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cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

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scorn; disdain; contempt

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coming and going; commuting

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presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

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salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)

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people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

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