jpdb beta

journal; magazine; periodical

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work; job; labor; work

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manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

2

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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about this time

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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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average mark; mean point

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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until now; so far; up to the present

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all; entire; whole; altogether

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unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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was; were

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goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank

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meaning; called; said

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

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reward; honorarium; remuneration

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

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someone; somebody

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I can tell you; heh

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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go that far; to that extent

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narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

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feeling; mood

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

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minor; person under age

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assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault

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failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

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dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

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two persons; two people; pair; couple

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skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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to change one's clothes

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hey!; hey!

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Shouichi

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

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genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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company; corporation; workplace

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machine parts; machinery; equipment

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earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)

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first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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