jpdb beta

Kaneda

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Kimie

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experienced; veteran; skilled; expert

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being twice divorced; two-time divorcee; (lit.) two x marks (i.e. two names struck from the family register)

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Yoshichika

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nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five

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personnel management; personnel administration

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rice bin; breadwinner

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family car

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membership; membership rights; franchise; seat (e.g. stock exchange)

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floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

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second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student

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crank call; prank call; nuisance call

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full set

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express

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management consultancy

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(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

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group of companies; combine

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citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen

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sunrise; half-melon shaped bun

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resort hotel

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labor union; labour union; trade union

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to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

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hostess (in a hostess bar)

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fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey

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to thunder

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

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family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

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founder (of a company)

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sending (esp. email attachments); forwarding; remitting

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retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home

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suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly

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to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new

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chopsticks

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to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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instead of; replacing; on behalf of

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Shounan

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urgent; requiring quick (response)

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knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic

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to speak the truth

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to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

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to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do

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female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana

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to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

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to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud

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leaving one's seat

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annoying; noisy; strict

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insurance payout; insurance money

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