jpdb beta

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

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sensual love; love affair

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to be helpful; to be useful

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consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol

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Emon

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appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot

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to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

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to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

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pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

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father; dad; papa

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to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)

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eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; community (of people with a shared trait, members, fans, etc.); scene; enthusiasts

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large store

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down to earth; reasonable

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

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to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

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grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

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being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

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under the control (of); under the dominion (of)

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be; is

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abuse; misuse; perversion

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large amount of money; great cost

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to extort; to shake down (for money)

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just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

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construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)

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class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

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rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing

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wearing a sword

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so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...

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suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)

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reason; cause; history; origin

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss; short of money; in financial difficulty

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reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

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purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment

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to propose; to suggest

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already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

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investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

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