jpdb beta

seagaia

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very

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helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

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waste of effort; thankless task

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stumbling; failure; misstep; setback

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media franchising; media mix (advertising strategy); mixed media

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thigh; femoral

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tie-up; collaboration; partnership; cooperation

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tropical; tropical worsted fabric

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negative ion

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reading

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new frame action

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Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)

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bending; warping; flexibility; pliability

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lily

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durian (fruit); Dorian (mode, column)

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soap

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individual of taste

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royalty (on book)

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to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

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to love greatly; to love beyond all else

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

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yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up

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draft; rough copy

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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true story

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personification; anthropomorphization

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originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

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native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality

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to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

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dull; boring

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world peace; peace of the world

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nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

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to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that

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to be conceited

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one night; one evening; all night; overnight

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admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)

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computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI

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golf

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all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

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peach (Prunus persica)

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mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

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cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

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directly; in person; firsthand

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starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part

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legitimate; orthodox; traditional

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editorial department

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tenement house; row house

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canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

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horse riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse

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