jpdb beta

train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion

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marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding

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introductory article; advertisement

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table tennis table; ping-pong table

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postcard

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owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent

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casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite

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romantic film; love movie

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bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly

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smash

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to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect

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extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up

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being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with

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construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy

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year after next

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to come to an agreement

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good evening

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giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

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mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

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Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

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thinking back now

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New Year's Eve; end of the year

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shape up!; act properly!

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to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

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breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture

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the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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answering machine; answerphone

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just kidding; Not!

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dinner; evening meal

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wedded life; married life

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fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long

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wind and rain; rainstorm

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very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

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bathroom

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container (e.g. shipping); skip

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critical

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moment; brief space of time

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to write a novel

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a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

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two times; twice; two degrees

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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recreation; diversion; relaxation

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film

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to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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affectation; pretension

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ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

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mixed; mingled

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