jpdb beta

preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary

1

runaway; fugitive

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to do

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ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)

2

cabaret

1

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

5

including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

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resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case

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to recall; to remember; to recollect

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secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting

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to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

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escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

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guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections

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to do (for someone)

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big problem

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

4

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

2

degree of curvature

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remarkable; striking; obvious

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

4

municipal office; council; city hall

1

to shave

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(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

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to exaggerate

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in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

1

disciplinary dismissal (discharge)

1

meaning; called; said

6

strangulation; strangling

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full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

2

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

2

love affair; liaison

2

erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel

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publication

3

making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

line

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standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese

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Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint

3

tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

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kabuki; Japanese classical drama

2

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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beriberi

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vitamin

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neuritis

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swelling; edema; oedema

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there, there

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ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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one's legal wife

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large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

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