jpdb beta

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

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father

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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to happen to be present

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person

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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heartening; reassuring

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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newspaper

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

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porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery

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celadon porcelain

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to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

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form; shape; figure; visage

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creativity; ingenuity

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difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

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feeling keenly; fully realizing

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

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(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

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coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

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really; truly; indeed; good grief

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although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

2

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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Jakarta (Indonesia)

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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rainy season

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rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

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