jpdb beta

poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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four o'clock

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broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

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Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo

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established practice; custom

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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west

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large river

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relation; connection; relevance

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation

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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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to leave undone

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new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

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to the end; to the last

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letter; missive; note; mail

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I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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regret; repentance; remorse

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

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12th anniversary of one's death

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problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy

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to hate; to dislike; to loathe

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all you want; as much as one wants

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active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled

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really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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that; the matter in question

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to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future

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(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

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to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

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to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

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arrogant; haughty

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direct unforked road; straight path

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