jpdb beta

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

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warming up; warm-up

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

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that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

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hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

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to concentrate one's effort (on something)

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rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

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one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

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honorary president

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Japan Swimming Federation

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

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eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

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style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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ceremony; rites

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to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

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to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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to do

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appeal; call for something; request; axiom

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finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

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committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

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this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption

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to keep running

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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report; information

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

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in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

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fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days

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July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner

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after

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three years

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Tokyo Olympics

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thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

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fireworks

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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