jpdb beta

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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young lady; young girl

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next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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seems; I guess

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to send word

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application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

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inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable; careless

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exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

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indicates emotion

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to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

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deceiving; cheating; fooling

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

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to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

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least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

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promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

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(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

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agricultural cooperative

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

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fate; destiny; lot

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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to split; to be split; to splinter

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wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

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repeatedly; several times; many times

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

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loafing; indolent; lazy; hey

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the L-word (i.e. love); being in love

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to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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Michiko

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soy sauce; shoyu

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yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

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Risako

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fiance; fiancee

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shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

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whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

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this evening; tonight

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bathroom

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tile

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chaps; skin fissure

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

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and then; in addition to that; also; even so

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to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

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