jpdb beta

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

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May

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

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forest; shrine grove

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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general meeting of stockholders

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to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

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of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

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boastful speech; bragging

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

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rather; better; instead; if anything

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

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(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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retirement

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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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to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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

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at once; immediately; right now

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postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

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resort

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by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

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memoirs; reminiscences

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

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retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

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the end

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to be careful in speech

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to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

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