jpdb beta

downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

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in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

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yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

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donko (shiitake variety)

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dishes based on spring onions and tuna

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle

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drinking party; get-together

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to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

2

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

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to move (house); to change residence

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

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saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

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venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

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to pick up; to find; to gather

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

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near oneself; close to one; familiar

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though one didn't intend (expect) to

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fresh

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to be scattered around; to be all over the place

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shy; a very shy person

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yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

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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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to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

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university graduate; having graduated from university

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Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

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Keio University

3

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

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to smell sweet; to be fragrant

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surname; family name; last name

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straw sandals

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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bright; intelligent

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furthermore; even more

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no way; no chance

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rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

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model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

3

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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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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of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

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be (that) as it may; having said that

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tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

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baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

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slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

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futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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great joy

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(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

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planning; project; plan; design

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