jpdb beta

over-fond parent; doting parent

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Harada

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first challenge; first try

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purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

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intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street

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to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

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passionately in love

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making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

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mountain hamlet; mountain village

4

need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist

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big prize; first prize

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earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)

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(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

2

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

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literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

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charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

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endlessly; ceaselessly

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eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

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to pair with; to pair up; to pair off

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general store

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to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

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twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

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conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

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salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse

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going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

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novelist; fiction writer

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self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

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escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

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very popular; highly favoured

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irreplaceable

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requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

4

drama; theatre; theater; play

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strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

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to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

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actress; female actor

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lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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notice; notification

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effective; successful

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almost every day; almost daily

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one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

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almost; nearly; close to

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two o'clock

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