jpdb beta

strictly speaking

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layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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bang on the money; spot on; right answer

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three generations; three periods; third generation

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four

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nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)

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nerve; nerves; sensitivity

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first day; opening day

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gross; disgusting

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acting; performance

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surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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meaning; called; said

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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inside one's heart; in one's mind

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unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

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bottom of one's heart

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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to be embarrassed; to lose face

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to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

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recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

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senior high school; high school

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one year; some time ago

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life; living; I; me; student

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scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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

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second year of high school; second-year high-school student

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senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

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confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

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because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

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to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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sounds

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bent back; hunchback; stoop

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even now; still; as yet

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back (of body)

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around the clock; day and night

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

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Earth; the globe

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in its entirety; whole; wholly

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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Milky Way; galaxy

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to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

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in those days

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shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

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